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  The first Lao International Food Expo (LIFE) will be held at Lao-ITECC on 15-19 March, to display a variety of local and regional food, organic vegetables, ODOP (One District, One Product) items, and agricultural equipment and machinery, while highlighting the potential of tea, coffee and rice. The event will feature some 200 booths from … Read more

  We Are Lao is launching “The MICE Guide to Laos” at ITB Berlin 2019 to promote the country as “The Last Frontier” for business events and incentives in nature. The guide features 16 hotels with modern event venues and facilities, and who see MICE potential in Laos. ITB delegates can get a copy and … Read more

  The Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC) is returning to the 2019 Sayabouly Elephant Festival on 22-28 February with activities aimed at action, education, and conservation. For the action category, ECC will be holding a race. Elephants, due to their size, are incapable of running. This led ECC to create the slogan “Elephants can’t run, but … Read more

  Sayabouly authorities are wondering how to accommodate the 500 or so Chinese visitors who will attend the elephant festival in the provincial capital this week and next. The popular annual event always fills guesthouses as people from around Laos flock to Sayabouly for the chance to see elephants close up and personal. Deputy Governor … Read more

  The Free the Bears Lao team headed of on 18 February for a nine-hour drive to rescue two moon bears. The Lao team has been battling for 18 months to rescue these two. (Laos Rescues #67 & #68) Laos Rescue #66, nicknamed Mary Christmas, is on the road to recovery after she was almost … Read more

  The 4th annual Vientiane International Half Marathon will be held on 3 March 2019. Participants in this year’s run The Vientiane International Half Marathon (VIHM) is the first competitive running race in Laos. The challenging 21 KM, 10 KM, and 5 KM courses will weave through cultural and historic streets, landmarks, and provide runners … Read more

  Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Dr Bosengkham Vongdara unloaded a list of travel complaints on the government last week, and called for cooperation to address the barriers hampering Tourism growth. Problems in Paradise Dr Bosengkham and other senior officials presented a slate of problems that tourists encounter when entering and exiting the country: … Read more

  Southern Salavan Province has opened Phouphasouk Park with its dozen caves and 25-metre-high Nanglod Waterfall just 9 km from the provincial capital. Amazing rock formations The caves cut into forested limestone outcrops among fast flowing streams that feed Nanglod Waterfall.   The province is first focussing promotion efforts on Phouphasouk and Praleusy Caves and … Read more

   Download “DESTINATION LAOS: A briefing for travel agents & the tourism trade” published by the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

  Somsak Sengta and his Trash Idol team have announced a pair of dates for 2019’s Luang Prabang city-wide clean up. School kids take to the streets and clean With an eye on waxing up the UNESCO site after and before high season for tourists, the dates are Friday, 26 April, and Friday 27 September. … Read more