Nay Pyi Taw, 20th June Ministry of Hotels and Tourism is arranging and performing for the convenience of arrival and departure in visiting to Myanmar of the International visitors. Besides, it is also performing for visitors to be able to visit not only by air and water transport but also from border gateways. Thus, International...Continue Reading

Nay Pyi Taw, 28th June 2019 Most of the attention on international arrivals to Myanmar is centered around the International Airports at Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw. However, there are large numbers arrive at our border gates which deserve attention. For instance, at the Tachileik Entrance Gateway, in Shan State, from the 1st January...Continue Reading

Nay Pyi Taw, 28thJune 2019 Recently, 90 Trainees where honoured at the Closing Ceremony of the 5th Training Course of the Hotel Service TrainingCourse in Magway. The training consisting of three sections and was conducted by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism and managed by the Director of Hotels and Tourism Magway Branch Office. The...Continue Reading

Nay Pyi Taw, 2nd July  More and more visitors are arriving in Myanmar using their own transport. This trend is showing no signs of decreasing only increasing, as more visitors see the value of touring in and around Myanmar use their own transport. By using their own transport, the visitor is allowed more flexibility to...Continue Reading

Nay Pyi Taw, 4th June In the City Hall, in Naung Cho on the 31st May 2019, over 200 peopleattendeda CertificationCeremony held to celebrate the complication of the Basic Hospitality Training Courses, which has the overall aim ofdeveloping human resource within the tourism sector. A total of 163 trainees successfully completed The Basic Hospitality Training...Continue Reading

NayPyiTaw, 4th June During the recently very successful Basic Hospitality Training Course, in Naung Cho Shan State, a new and exciting concept was introduced to great acclaim – an ethnic food identification and cooking competition,which involved Trainees from the Food and Beverage Production Course. The aim of the competition was to identifying ethnic food and...Continue Reading

Nay Pyi Taw, May 31 A special meeting was held in Nay Pyi Tawrecently to discuss and plan the details of a coordinated and sustainable approach to the ChineseMarket. The immense and recent growth in this market needs to be carefully managed for all the parties concerned, including the people of Myanmar. The meeting was...Continue Reading

Nay Pyi Taw, 8th May 2019 One of the major roles of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism is to provide our visitors with a safe and secure environment whilst they are in our country. This is one of our most important messages– Myanmar is a safe place to visit. Recently Myanmar has seen an...Continue Reading

29-4-2019, Nay Pyi Taw As part of a visit to Myanmar, in relation to the new Hotel Star Rating System, by Dr Dimiris Koutalas from the UN World Tourism Organisation a visit was organised to Kaung Thaung in the Thaninthary region to view hotel facilities. Dr Koutalas was accompanied byU Nyo Aye, Director from the...Continue Reading

Nay Pyi Taw, 26th April As the tourism industry continues to grow,the emergence of new types of visitors will occur. One such group is – short stay visitors. They can be broken down into 2 groups – day trippers, who come for the day and do not stay overnight and overnight short breaks who stay...Continue Reading