Laos Rakes in ASEAN Standards Awards at Annual Forum
More than a dozen Lao attractions and tourism business took home ASEAN Standards Awards from the ASEAN Together Forum 2020 held in Brunei from 12-16January. Vat Phou Temple in Champassak Province and Vat Xiengthong Temple in Luang Prabang landed Sustainable Tourism Standard Awards, while Vientiane received an award in the ASEAN Clean Tourist City
Victoria Xiengthong Becomes First Plastic-Free Hotel in Luang Prabang
Victoria Xiengthong Palace has implemented the first Plastic- Free Program in a Luang Prabang hotel. “It is a pleasure to transform our hotel into the first environment-friendly hotel that says ‘No’ to plastic in the city,” the hotel reported. “With the humble launching of this special landmark under the acknowledgement of local government, managers
LPQ Deaf&Mute Community Launch Handicraft Line
The Luang Prabang Deaf&Mute Community’s Special Education Handicraft School has produced a catalogue featuring products now available their shop. Visitors can choose bamboo straws, pillows, laptop and shoulder bags, aprons, scarves, table cloths, and purses. The School for the Deaf and Mute in Luang Prabang holds 85 students from various communities in Laos, and
Luang Prabang’s First Holistic Health Spa Center Opens
The SayNam Holistic Health Spa Center opened on 10 January 2020 at Wat Hat Siew on the Mekong Road in Phakhom Village to provide health care through treatments, teachings and training sessions. The temple’s abbot Ajarn Ounheuan gave permission to holistic therapists to offer and share their knowledge and experiences to the Lao Community.
Vat Phou Festival Announces 2020 Dates
This year’s Vat Phou Festival will take place on 6-8 February 2020. The festival, held annually on the 15th day of the increasing moon of the 3rd lunar month (in January-February), coincides with the Makha Busa Buddhist Festival. Believers often travel great distances to attend the ceremony, with some venturing from Thailand and
New Lao Website Paves the Way to ASEAN Tourism Standards
The Lao travel industry has received a boost, with www.imct-training.gov.la recently going live and offering free downloadable training resources, in Lao language, to increase the use of ASEAN competency standards by tourism businesses, trainers and institutions. Photo: Lux-Dev Project LAO/029 “The website also aims to raise awareness and provide the latest information on training
Cruising to Help
Shompoo Cruise regularly navigates the Mekong between Luang Prabang and Houay Xay, and stops at Ban Tang Sa, a remote village the business supports. Recently Shompoo brought the village kids a surprise. “This village is quite poor and as it’s difficult to get to,” said Shompoo Cruise Co-founder Alex Chitdara. “We are supporting this
T’Way Air Adds Daegu, Korea – Vientiane Service
Korean low-cost carrier, T’way Air, launched a twice weekly flight between Daegu and Vientiane on 26 December. The flight, on board a Boeing 737, operates on Sunday and Thursday, with TW133 departing the Korean city at 08:30 and arriving in Vientiane at 12:00. The turn-around flight TW134 leaves the Lao capital at 12:50, and
Laos Gets “China Ready”
The Institute of Mass Media, Culture and Tourism (IMCT) launched the China-Ready Training Program on 25-26 December 2019, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Vientiane to provide local tourism businesses with information on Chinese outbound tourism, how to better access this market, and ways to tailor products and services to better meet the needs
