Tourism

Laos and China have agreed to launch Visit Laos-China Year 2019 to boost tourist arrivals between the two neighbours, the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.More ...

Local officials notice that when foreign visitors come to Xieng Khuang province many are drawn to the large Buddha at Phiavat temple which suffered from American bombing during the Indochina War.More ...

Government officials met with business operators on Friday to discuss developments and problems in the tourism industry as well as share ideas on ways to improve services during the remainder of Visit Laos Year 2018.The meeting aimed to improve the quality of tourism services and ...

The number of domestic and international tourists increased in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year, the government’s latest statistics suggest.More than 2.9 million people vacationed in Laos in the first nine months of this year, an increase ...

Tourism officials in northern provinces last week learnt about the evaluation of Asean Community Based Tourism Standards with regard to major tourist sites.The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism together with staff from Bokeo, Oudomxay and Luang Prabang tourism departments convened three training sessions on ...

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to the ongoing promotion of the tourism sector even though the Visit Laos Year 2018 campaign will soon come to a close.More ...

Laos’ first centre for inspecting the quality of tourism and hospitality operators is to be established to raise the bar in service standards. More ...

BANGKOK, 24 October 2018: Lao PDR’s Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism and the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office have launched Inspiring Laos, a new website that  promises to inspire more travellers to visit Lao PDR.A member of the six-country group known as the Greater Mekong ...

The organisers of this year’s Vientiane Boat Racing Festival have moved the traditional and modified 55-crew category events from their customary location opposite Vat Chan to a deeper section of the Mekong.Vientiane Vice Mayor Mr Sihoun Sitthileuxay outlined the details at a press conference on ...

Luang Prabang’s very own BambooLao has captured the top prize and a US$10,000 Innovation Grant in the 2018 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) challenge, which is described as “an elite travel startup competition, supported by the Australian Government and Asian Development Bank, (including) Asia’s most prominent travel-specialized ...