The online e-Visa (Tourist) application will be allowed starting on 20 May to have a harmonized tourism with the neighbouring countries, according to the statement of the Ministry of Immigration and Population. The online e-Visa (Business) service for foreign investors and entrepreneurs was resumed on 1 April. The online e-Visa (Tourist) applications will be accepted […]
Myanmar earns $69.2 mln from e-Visa in 4 years
November 3, 2020 by
Myanmar has received US$69.2 million as revenue from e-Visa and over 1.75 million of tourists and business travellers applied for e-Visa, according to the report issued by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. Myanmar is granting ordinary passport holders from 100 countries and China (Taipei) e-Visas for tourist purposes and from 54 countries and China […]
Myanmar plans to attract more western travellers
March 19, 2019 by
Myanmar is planning to reduce visa restrictions on western countries such as France, Germany, Russia, Poland, Italy and Spain, according to Immigration Department from Yangon International Airport. The visit of travellers from western countries was reduced in recent years due to political affairs in Myanmar and hotel and tourism companies and respective ministries are cooperating […]
Tachilek on an e-Visa
January 20, 2017 by
Chiang Rai, 17 January 2017: Travel to the Mekong Region is often called the ‘last frontier,” but with a littler effort the frontier hassles can be rolled back for the determined traveller. A phrase coined to conjure up the mystique of travel ironically identifies the major snag for travellers to the Greater Mekong Sub-region; frontiers. […]
E-visa available to tourists, business visitors at three border crossings from today
September 2, 2016 by
ELECTRONIC visas for tourists and business visitors will be allowed at the Myanmar-Thailand border crossings in Tachilek, Myawady and Kawthaung as of today according to the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population on Tuesday. Further information is available on the website https:// www.evisa.moip.gov.mm. The Ministry began e-visa services for tourists entering the country via Yangon […]
Business visa applications launch online
July 17, 2015 by
The Ministry of Immigration yesterday began accepting applications for single-entry business visas online, according to a senior official. The e-visa for business applicants will be run concurrently with an existing business visa-on-arrival program, said deputy director of immigration and national registration department U Aung Thiha. He said it would support the development of Myanmar’s economy […]
Myanmar taps high-value tourism
June 12, 2015 by
BANGKOK, 8 June 2015: Myanmar’s priority is to tap high value tourism according to a Myanmar Tourism Marketing report during a briefing at the Thailand Travel Mart Plus 2015 late last week. The organisation’s marketing manager, Tin New Wynt, said tourism was earlier identified as one of the top five priority sectors in Myanmar to […]
E-visa drives out visas on arrival
March 11, 2015 by
The number of foreigners using visas on arrival has been declining after the introduction of e-visa system, according to the Immigration Department. The e-visa system was launched on September 1, 2014 for 41 countries, most of which are in Asia. On October 2, 24 more countries were included in the programme, including several European countries. […]
e-visa to apply to overland travel
February 4, 2015 by
NAY PYI TAW, 30 January 2015: Myanmar’s e-Visa facility will be extended to cover four checkpoints on the border with Thailand, in the near future, a reliable source close to the service provider told TTR Weekly. Myanmar’s minister of Immigration and Police, Khin Yi, visited the e-Visa booth, Wednesday, on an inspection tour of ATF’s […]
