Company offers Myeik golf tours
Golf on a tropical island paradise surrounded by
scenic beauty and abundant marine life - that's
the package being offered by a Myanmar tour
company.
Starting this month, Tourism Myanmar Cooperative
(TMC) is promotion a tour package for golfers on
two courses, said U Aye Min Oo, the company's
managing director.
"This is a unique package to promote golfing in
Myanmar, as well as to promote the Myeik
Archieplago, as there are two golf courses there
- Kawthaung golf course and Thahtay Island
(Andaman Club Hotel) course," he said.
The Kawthaung course, 7 miles from the town,
charges non-members K5000 for the 18-hole round,
and rents equipment and carts.
"The second golf course is unique in Myanmar. It
was built on an island near the border of
Thailand and Myanmar. Its second nine holes were
opened on December 15 last year. Now golfers can
enjoy an 18-hole course at the Myanmar Andaman
Resort Club on Thahtay Island," said U Aye Min
Oo.
The package will cost nearly K150,000 for
Myanmar citizens, including hotel accommodation,
transportation to the course from Kawthaung and
course entry fees, but not airfares.
The company is planning to operate a
four-day/three night trip from Kawthaung to
Myeik starting from January 25 to the end of
April for local and international visitors. Also
included are visits to Red Monkey Island,
Crescent Bay, Nyaung Wee Salone village and
Magyone Galet on Bo Cho Island, where the Salone
festival was held in 2004.
Visitors can also see villages built on stilts
on the shore of Domel Island and observe their
lifestyle before proceeding to Myeiki town.
The package will cost US$500 per person fro
foreigners and K500,000 for locals, including
meals and accommodation onboard the boat.
"We have cabins with bunks for five people. More
people can join, but will have to sleep on deck
- sleeping bags or tents wil be provided," he
said.
The package for those willing to sleep on deck
will cost foreigners $350 each, and locals
K350,000.
"This is a very special rate for locals and for
foreigners who live and work in Myanmar. We can
also arrange a group package," he said.
Situation
report as at 2nd December, 2008.
Many
travelers stranded in Myanmar due to the protest
in Thailand and the blocking of airport in
Bangkok are choosing the southern exit route
through the border town Kawthaung also known as
Victoria Point.
The procedure is as follows :
1. Apply to Ministry of Hotels and Tourism
mentioning company name, number of clients,
brief historical itinery in Myanmar, manager or
guide accompanying the clients (if any) and the
pledge of the company that clients are free from
political, religious agenda.
2. Once the Letter of permission (or Letter No.)
from Ministry is obtained, travellers can go to
Kawthaung and check out from Myanmar Immigration
in Kawthaung.
3. Rent a longtail boat at Myoma Jetty (+/-
10$), they can reach Ranong.
4. Get a taxi to the Bus Terminal or Ranong
Airport. Minivan to Phuket is about 4 hrs.
drive.
More than 10 tourists have crossed the boarder
this way, according to the manager of TMC
limited which has branch office in Kawthaung.
"I accompnied with the clients up to the Bus
Terminal and the clients are quite relieved to
be able to return this way" said Myat Zaw, the
manager who accompanied with them to the bus
terminal in Ranong. There were regular buses
running to Bangkok as well as international
airport in Phuket. So far, Phuket International
Airport has many air links including Australia,
Hongkong, Singapore and some European countries.
Many tourists are flying out of provincial
airports including Phuket and Chiang Mai.
France, Spain and Australia have sent special
flights to evacuate desperate citizens stuck in
Thailand.
Tourists are also scrambling to leave via the
small, Vietnam-era U-Tapao airport southeast of
Bangkok, where queues snake round the basic
terminal and thousands of passengers jostle to
get their luggage through one scanner.
Check-in facilities have also been opened at a
hotel and a convention centre in Bangkok to try
to work through the backlog of frustrated
holidaymakers.
Phuket Airport manager announces that the
airport is open 24 hours a day as more flights
evacuate stranded passengers.
Source :
http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/
http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/previewnews2.php?news_id=828
Permission to
travel for International Agencies and NGOs.
Directive from Ministry of Hotels and Tourism
Attention : All Tourism Companies
Re : Permission to travel for International
Agencies and NGOs.
Permission for Agencies and INGOs to travel to
the Cyclone hit area will have to apply to
Ministry of Defense through Ministry of Hotels
and Tourism.
Signed
(On behalf of the Minister)
Colnel Yan Naing.
Staff officer, Minister's office.
Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.
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