Local Culture & Travel
Local Culture & Travel
Winter birds to be registered at four sites across Myanmar
13/01/19
Winter birds (or water birds) migrate to the southern regions of the world, including Myanmar, from November to February. As part of the Asian Waterbird Census Activity,
Collecting parking fee to be ceased in Mann Shwe Settaw Pagoda Festival
10/01/19
The collecting parking fee in Mann Shwe Settaw Pagoda festival will be halted starting this year, according the pagoda board of trustees.
MEEA to organize tourism expo in Yangon
09/01/19
Yangon, 9 January
The Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs Association (MEEA) will be organizing a tourism expo in Yangon with a view to exhibiting traditional culture of the ethnic people and promoting tourism industry.
Tourist arrival to Shwedagon Pagoda declines in 2018
09/01/19
Arrival of tourists to the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon has declined in 2018 when compared to previous year, according to a source from the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees.
Tourists much interested in river cruise tours
09/01/19
Although this is the winter season in Myanmar, some globetrotters are continuously entering the country by car or motorbike or bicycle in either groups or crossing alone through border checkpoints to visit significant tourist attraction sites in the country.
Pilot community-based tourism in Meiktila Township lures tourists
08/01/19
Tourists are thronging a pilot community-based tourism in Swartaw Village, Meiktila Township in Mandalay Region, according to U Toe Toe, Programme Officer from ActionAid Myanmar.
Visitors flock to Alaungtaw Kathapa National Park during New Year holidays
07/01/19
Alaungtaw Kathapa National Park in Yinmarbin Township, Sagaing Region is packed with visitors from various corners of the country during public holidays, according to the board of trustees of Alaungtaw Pathapa Pagoda.
Over 27,000 tourists visit Myanmar via Tachilek in a week
07/01/19
The number of day-trippers from Thailand and other countries who visited Myanmar through Tachilek border gate from 28 December to 3 January this year totaled about 27,692, according to the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism (DOHT) Tachilek branch.
Inle Lake crowded with New Year holidaymakers
06/01/19
Some significant sites in Inle Region, Nyaungshwe Township in Southern Shan State are packed with local and foreign visitors during the first week of January.
Festival depicting lives and cultures of national races to be held in Mandalay
03/01/19
With a view to promoting tourism, a festival depicting the lives and cultures of national races will take place from 25 to 30 January at Kyaikkasan Ground
