Archive for January 30th, 2012
National Pricing Revisions to Change Burma Travel – Industry-wide
Australia’s leading Asia travel specialist, Travel Indochina, is urgently advising agents that due to the unprecedented high tourism demand for Burma which far exceeds supply and availability, tourism product pricing structures for hotels and transport providers within Burma are being officially revised. Rates beyond March 31st 2012 are subject to change industry-wide, and the resultant [...]
Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army(SSPP/SSA) Signs Ceasefire
A ceasefire agreement containing 5 basic principles was signed between the Union level Peace Making Committee led by U Aung Thaung, member for Taungtha Township constituency of the Pyithu Hlutttaw and Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army(SSPP/SSA) led by Central Committee member Sao Khay Tai at a ceremony held at Taunggyi on January 29, 2012. [...]
Ministry of Hotels & Tourism Works On Star Ratings For Hotels In Myanmar
The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism is introducing a star rating system at hotels across the country, a ministry spokesperson said. The one to three star system is designed to “improve and maintain the service at hotels” targeting mostly foreign visitors, the spokesperson said. “As the number of tourists visiting Myanmar is increasing, we need [...]
Enthusiastic Crowds Welcome Daw Aung San Su Kyi In Dawei
National League For Democracy(NLD) Chairman Daw Aung San Su Kyi, flew to Dawei yesterday(January 29) on her maiden campaign trip on the eve of the upcoming by-elections slated for April 1, 2012. She was met with enthusiastic crowds who lined her route into town from the airport and hear her speech.People also greeted enthusiastically her [...]
Thousands greet Suu Kyi on Burma campaign trail
Huge crowds lined the streets to greet Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she hit the campaign trail Sunday ahead of by-elections seen as a key test of the regime’s commitment to reform. Thousands flocked to hear the Nobel Peace Prize winner speak in the coastal district of Dawei, as she made her [...]
PATA: Asia-Pacific tourism poised to record 6 percent growth for 2011
BANGKOK, Thailand – Preliminary results released today by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) show a collective increase of 6 percent year-on-year for international arrivals into Asia/Pacific destinations during each of the months of October and November 2011. For the first 11 months of the year, South Asia was the star growth performer, followed by [...]
Myanmar shift to democracy not over, more reform ahead: minister
(Reuters) – Myanmar has already done a lot to reconnect with the international community and win investment, but the return to democracy is not complete and more political and economic reforms are needed, its trade minister said on Saturday. The southeast Asian nation has opened up to the outside world with astonishing speed since a [...]