The home-stay programme in the countryside will become a reality once the new tourism law which is being discussed in a Pyithu Hluttaw committee is approved. The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism has been trying to amend the Myanmar Hotels and Tourism Law enacted in 1993. According to the law, the ministry only issues four […]
Bumpy Ride for Tourism Seen in 2018
January 2, 2018 by
The tourism industry this year went beyond expectations despite the sudden outbreak of violence in the northern Rakhine State that gave the country a negative image, but the sector is expected to face a more challenging environment next year. Tourist arrivals in the first 11 months this year was 20 per cent higher compared with the […]
Angkor-Bagan direct air-link will start in April 2018
December 8, 2017 by
STATE-owned Myanmar National Airlines will operate a direct air-link between Angkor Wat and Bagan as the part of the Cambodia-Myanmar “two countries, one destination” campaign to be implemented in April 2018. U Thet Lwin Toh, chairman of Union of Myanmar Travel Association, said last week that discussions are still in progress to launch the service. […]
Myanmar Investments Forms Joint Venture To Acquire Tourism Assets
November 6, 2017 by
LONDON (Alliance News) – Myanmar Investments International Ltd said Tuesday that it has formed a new joint venture to invest in tourism related assets in Myanmar. The investment company has formed a joint venture company, Myanmar Voyages Holding Co Ltd, with tourism entrepreneurs, U Thet Lwin Toh and Daw Lwin Lwin Kyaw. The joint venture […]
MoHT expands ecotourism destinations
August 17, 2016 by
the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism has announced they will open up 22 regions of the country to ecotourism for both foreign and local travelers. Efforts to design the government-backed Ecotourism Plan began in 2015 in the name of developing Myanmar’s tourism sector, and are reportedly being drawn up in accordance with the relevant laws […]
