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Luang Prabang tourism stakeholders, the Luang Prabang Travel Agents Association (LUTA), along with Singapore Airlines and Silk Air, hosted a special FAM trip for 12 top Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg), travel agents and media from 26-30 April, to give them greater insight into the UNESCO city’s tourism potential. The trip placed decision makers, … Read more

Board a ferry behind the National Museum and cruise across the Mekong to Ban Xieng Maen Village in Chomphet. You’ll find the Four Temple Tour, Pottery Village, Green Jungle Flight at legendary Hoi Khua (100 Families Waterfall), and Pha Tad Ke Botanical Gardens with a café and shop. The Four Temple Tour Start your Four … Read more

Join with volunteers to start ‘recycling’ Vientiane’s old Typing School building into a community art space on International Recycling Day. Khiri Travel is organising an event in Vientiane on 17 May as part of International Recycling Day, established by UNESCO. The activity is also in honour of Khiri Travel’s 25th anniversary. The public are welcome … Read more

In February this year, an Emirati plane sat on the tarmac at Vientiane’s Wattay International Airport, waiting to board 13 Lao elephants for a flight to Dubai and “Safari Park”. A call from Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith’s office halted the transfer. The outright sale of Lao elephants is illegal, he said. The elephants stay in … Read more

A band of Luang Prabang businesses have jumped onboard the plastic bottle boycott with the “Refill not Landfill” initiative. Their aim is simple: give tourists the opportunity to help eliminate plastic bottle waste in the UNESCO city. “I asked a few businesses if they wanted to pool resources to buy non-plastic reusable bottles to do … Read more

No one likes a trash-laden UNESCO site, least of all Luang Prabang. Over the years, several initiatives set out to keep the city clean, but the efforts were often uncoordinated and short-lived. As one project faded, another stepped in to help get rid of the litter that taint the streets and river banks. Bounthieng Soulivanh, … Read more

During the past several years, many rescued bears have been sent to the Free the Bears Fund center in Tat Kuangxi, a tourist region with scenic waterfalls about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Luang Prabang city. In August, a British volunteer from the center told RFA that the center housed too many bears. “It’s overcrowded … Read more

In support of the tourism sector and to create a platform for suppliers to the hospitality and F&B industry to develop business contacts with key decision makers, the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Lao Hotel & Restaurant Association will host LAOFOOD+HOTEL 18 – Laos’ 1st Major International Hospitality and Food & … Read more

Actor Harrison Ford made a visit to Luang Prabang yesterday, stopping to make merit at Pha O temple and meeting with Sathou Onekeo Sittivong, the abbot of Wat Xieng Thong, Wat Pakkhan, and Wat Pha O, as well as being the Provincial Head of the Luang Prabang Buddhist Fellowship. The Hollywood actor, famous for his … Read more

Luang Prabang is loaded with bucket- list “must sees”, but the UNESCO city offers a world of activities beyond the traditional trail. Stay an extra day or two, and do something new and cool.   UNESCO Golf Be among the first to boast playing a round of golf along the Mekong and in the green … Read more