Is Lao tourism suffer from high cost of living? Professionals in the tourism industry and even the government seem to think so. During a regional tourism product development workshop in Vientiane, organised last week, participants [Read More…]
Government has an ambitious plan to build an expressway stretching 585 km from Vientiane Capital to Champassak Province. Deputy Chief Cabinet of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Mr Fongsamouth Khamvanvongsa said that the government [Read More…]
After Myanmar which recently announced a drop of 4% to 6% in total foreign arrivals last year, this is now Lao PDR to officially confirm that tourism dropped sharply last year. Total arrivals to the [Read More…]
Laos tourism industry has been growing at a faster pace in recent years. From 2010 to 2015, total international arrivals grew from 2.51 million to 4.68 million, almost doubling in size. For 2016, authorities forecast [Read More…]
Northern Laos Luang Namtha Province has an ambitious plan to turn the Nam Long Reservoir into a new tourist destination. The plan matches with Luang Namtha Province’s policies of developing nature-based tourism sites and sustainably [Read More…]
Laos recently introduced a VAT to be paid on any goods brought back to the country if the total value reaches US$50 and above. The 10% tax to be paid is only for Laotian citizens [Read More…]
Originally planned to open by the end of 2016, the new President by Akarin Hotel will finally open its doors by next February. The property will be the first top luxury hotel in the Laotian [Read More…]
Luxembourg and Switzerland, together with the Ministry of Education and Sports, have joined hands for a vocational education and skills development project titled “Skills for Tourism – Human Resources Development in the Tourism and Hospitality [Read More…]
The Lao Government plans to submit documents by February 2017 to request that the Hin Nam Nor National Protected Area be listed as a UNESCO’s World Heritage Site. “To prepare our proposal we had to [Read More…]
Southern Laos was distinguished as a winner of the PATA CEO Challenge 2016 and will share the award and the marketing support of TripAdvisor with the other winner, Meishan (Sichuan, China). The second PATA CEO [Read More…]
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