Tag Archives: Myanmar

The chairman of Myanmar Tourism Entrepreneurs Association has announced on Friday (Dec 18) that Myanmar is all set to launch non-landing sightseeing flight tours this weekend. While making the announcement, Mr. Naung Naung Han, the chairman of the association, has said that this is the first move to promote the domestic tourism industry across the country amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Myanmar has announced on Saturday (Aug 29) that the government has decided to further extend the temporary entry restrictions on inbound visitors by another month till September 30, in an effort to limit the transmission of COVID-19 to the community. Moreover, the ministry has extended the ban on issuing all type of visas ...

The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism said in a statement that senior tourism officials of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) held the 1st Destination Mekong Summit to discuss various ways to revive tourism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit held on Tuesday (Aug 25) via video conference due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The GMS countries consist of Cambodia, China, ...

Myanmar and Japan agrees to establish Special Travel Arrangements after the official visit by the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu to Myanmar on Monday (Aug 24). He met with Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and they discussed bilateral arrangements to simplify travel between the two countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The governments of the two ...

The Government of Myanmar is looking to lift the ban on foreign travel for its citizens with travel purpose of urgent business. The country will lift the ban for the first time since all international commercial passenger flights suspended on March 30, 2020 as an effort to limit the risk and spread of COVID-19 in the country. The Ministry of ...

The Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced on Sunday (June 28) that it has decided to extend the temporary restrictions on entry of international visitors into Myanmar from all countries. The restriction will now continue till July 31 in an effort to limit the risks of import and spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The restriction on foreigner’s ...

In Myanmar, the Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment on COVID-19 announced on Thursday (May 28) to extend the suspension of visas and international flights and other virus prevention measures except the previous lifted measures until June 15. As per a recent survey by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism (MOHT), travel restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic has affected ...

In Myanmar (Burma), the traditional water festival of Thingyan that coincides with its New Year celebrations has been cancelled by the government in the wake of Covid-19. Like Songkran in Thailand, Myanmar’s New Year celebration of Thingyan is the nation’s greatest open festival ordinarily running for seven days across the country with festivity and water bottles, with doused revelers celebrating late into the night. ...

On the 50 years of ASEAN- Penny Wong will convey a verbal expression on Wednesday to the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies. She will say, “The region has enjoyed remarkable stability for the past half century, and while economic co-operation remains a work in progress, considerable progress has been made in combating transnational crime, counter-terrorism, drug trafficking and ...

On Tuesday, 25-3-2015 the Asian Development Bank has forecasted that the economic growth in Myanmar will increase in an around 8% in the next two years. According to the ADB –The Mynanmar is popular on the basis of its political and economic changes. The rule of the military has come to an end on the half century, 2011 and the ...