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Laos now has a draft for a Tourism Recovery Roadmap. Prepared by Australian-based Synergy Insights Consulting, the strategy focusses on The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic; Approaches and Interventions; Current Challenges, Emerging Trends and Recovery Influencers; Recommendations for Recovery Priorities and Actions; and Phases, Actions, an Accountabilities. Stay on top of what is in the … Read more

By Love Laos Check out these “Top Ten Instagrammable Spots” in Laos from Love Laos. Photo by Love Laos “Laos is a spectacularly beautiful place for a holiday, and has some amazing places to capture those perfect instgrammable moments. Here’s 10 of our favourite instagram spots around Laos.” Each of the 10 destinations delivers amazing … Read more

By Brit n’ Boer This famous river cave spans 7km in Phu Hin Bun National Park. The entrance to the cave is located in a village 45km south of Route 8 along the border between Khamouanne and Bolikhamxay provinces just south of Vientiane. As you turn off the main road, follow a valley all the … Read more

By Brit n’ Boer Brit n’ Boer heads to Vieng Xai in Houaphanh province with a great guide on navigating the home of Lao independence. Vieng Xai is located in Huaphanh Province in the east of Northern Laos. It is just 55km away from the Lao-Vietnam border crossing at Na Meo making this a popular stop … Read more

  By Bernie Rosenbloom On 23 November, The Lao National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control confirmed 14 new coronavirus cases, by far the country’s largest one-day tally, and bringing the total to 39. The 14 cases include a Lao teen and 13 foreigners on charter flights from India and Russia, and who tested negative … Read more

The Skills for Tourism Project (LAO/029) Steering Committee convened in Vientiane Capital on 10 December to review achievements and progress made to date and to present its goals for the upcoming year. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Nouphanh Outsa, Director General of the Technical and Vocational Education Department of the Ministry of Education and … Read more

Laos is shifting its emphasis on developing and promoting sustainable and green tourism to lure more visitors from 2021 to 2025, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Prof. Dr Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune told the Fifth Party Congress on 10 December. The minister reported that ecotourism and agro-tourism lead the list of development and promotional objectives, while … Read more

By Bernie Rosenbloom   The on-again, off-again opening of the highly touted Vientiane-Vang Vieng expressway has a new (and third) official launch date…20 December. In an attempt to mitigate the recent confusing communications, the expressway’s Chinese operators tried playing nice by offering toll-free travel between 21 to 23 December. But will it happen? Note the … Read more

The Lao economy, like those around the world, is hunting for reasonable ways to get the money machine rolling during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the upcoming “Made in Laos” 2020 fair looks like a logical move. According to the Vientiane Times, the expo, being held at Vientiane’s Lao-ITECC from 25 December though 3 January, aims … Read more

  During a ceremony on 2 November 2020, the Vientiane Province Technical College inaugurated a new tourism and hospitality practical training facility built at its Vang Vieng campus. The facility, named The Academy Training Hotel and Restaurant, will provide tourism and hospitality students and the teachers with a modern training environment to hone practical skills. … Read more