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New Air Bus for MAI lands at Yangon International Airport
We would like to share very good news that Anyone who is having Master Card/ Maestro Card/ Cirrus Card will be able to withdraw Myanmar Cash will be able at ATM machines of CB Bank in Myanmar starting from today, the 15th November 2012. It is a good signal for tourists.
(27.8.2012) Festival in Inle, Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival (16 Oct 2012 to 2 Nov 2012) Phaung Daw U Pagoda Festival is held annually for total of 18 days. It is one of the most famous festivals in Myanmar. Both locals and foreigners come to visit this traditional festival in Inle Lake, Shan State. Annually, during the Myanmar Month of Thadingyut which is between September and October, the 18-days festival is held.
Two airlines will be start.(22.8.2012)
Mandalay-Bangkok and Mandalay- Manci(China). Last month, Mandalay-Manci airline will be started. Coming october,Air Asia airline will be start Mandalay-Bangkok . Flood in Pathein (20.8.2012) Yangon-Pathein road is closed at night because of flood. The official from Dagon Ayer high way Gate said that the road is temporarily closed at night. AirAsia doubles KL-Yangon flights (17.8.12) AirAsia is unveiled plans to double its flight frequency between Kuala Lumpur and Yangon. The airline currently offers daily services between Malaysia and Myanmar’s largest cities, but from 8 October 2012 this will rise to twice a day. All flights are operated using an all-economy Airbus A320 aircraft. The move marks the latest in a series of inroads into the Myanmar market for AirAsia. The low-cost carrier’s Thai subsidiary recently unveiled plans to launch direct flights between Bangkok and Mandalay, as well as boosting its Bangkok-Yangon services. The new KL-Yangon schedule will see flights depart the Malaysian capital at 0655 and 1710 each day, with the return services leaving Yangon at 0830 and 1850. By Mark Elliott, 16 August 2012, Thursday 4:29 AM Yangon
Visa on arrival for Mandalay and Napyitaw Airport (17.8.12)
Business Visa On Arrival is going to be issued starting from 1 June 2012 at Yangon International Airport. Foreingers from 27 countries (ASEAN, Japan, Korea, Chinese, French, American, Germany, Taiwan, Italy, Spain, British, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Australia, Newzealand, India and Norway) can get Visa in one minute which is announced officially by Immigration Dept. And then, Recently Business Visa On Arrival is going to be issued at Mandalay and Napyitaw Airport. Currently, At the International Myanmar Air line (MAI) wil be issued visa on arrival for foreingers from Kambodia and China Countries. Source : Myanmar Times Journal MAI to launch two Mandalay routes via Enchanting Myanmar by Hpone Thant (Harry) on (13/8/12)
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BUSINESS VISA, ENTRY VISA, TRANSIT VISA (1 - 6 - 2012)Types of Visa, Fees and Duration
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Permitted list of countries (26 countries)
The Required Terms and Conditions for VISA ON ARRIVAL
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VISA ON ARRIVAL Business Visa On Arrival is going to be issued starting from 1 June 2012 at Yangon International Airport. Foreingers from 27 countries (ASEAN, Japan, Korea, Chinese, French, American, Germany, Taiwan, Italy, Spain, British, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Australia, Newzealand, India and Norway) can get Visa in one minute which is announced officially by Immigration Dept. For more details, please send us email to info@elegantmyanmar.travel Yangon to Doha Air line breaking news (Oct 3) Yangon to Doha airline will be start coming october 3. All air Line News Air Bagan will start charging incresed YR rate effective from 1st may 12.The rate will be as follow. Latest News(15/5/2012)
Foreign airlines plan flight resumption to Myanmar ( Xinhua)YANGON - At least six foreign airlines have planned to resume flights to Myanmar since a year ago in wake of changes in the country but only two of them seem to be in readiness to start operation and the remainings are expected to follow the move after a time. The six foreign airlines are Sri Lankan Airline, Bangladesh's Biman Airline, Hong Kong Express Airline, Pakistan International Airline, Japan's All Nippon Airways and Qatar Airways. Of them, All Nippon Airways and Qatar Airways are making preparations for the move having the most possibility of resuming regular direct flights to Yangon respectively, prompted by Myanmar 's economic reforms and changes. Yangon to Doha Air line breaking news (Oct 3) Yangon to Doha airline will be start coming october 3. All air Line News Air Bagan will start charging incresed YR rate effective from 1st may 12.The rate will be as follow. Latest News(2/5/2012)
Qatar Airways to resume Myanmar flights in October After a four-year absence from the route, Qatar Airways will resume operations to Myanmar in October.The national carrier will also fly to two destinations in Iraq – Erbil (from May 23) and Baghdad (from June 7),Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar al-Baker said in Dubai yesterday. Qatar Airways flights to Yangon will again take off on October 3. All air Line News Air Bagan will start charging incresed YR rate effective from 1st may 12.The rate will be as follow. Latest News(30/4/2012)
Immgration Dept told to Voice Weekly Journal that is Bussiness visa will be issued as Visa On Arrival starting on 1 June 2012. This visa is valid for 70 days stay in Myanmar and it costs 40 dollars per pax. It is being discussed to issue tourist visa as Visa . On Arrival. All air Line News Air Bagan will start charging incresed YR rate effective from 1st may 12.The rate will be as follow. Latest News(26/4/2012)
1500 of foregin visitor arrvied at Yangon international airport daily 1500 of foregin visitor arrvied at Yangon international airport daily said by the concerned officer from the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism.The head of department U Moe Zaw Htut said that many foreigners come into Myanmar this year was about 1500. Most of the visitors are American and EU. They enter Myanmar by social visa, tourist visa and business visa and more than 200 visitors are by other types of visas.But there are many difficulties to get the rooms at the hotels and few domastic airlines in Myanmar. This year it is expected to receive 1 billion visitors to Myanmar. All air Line News Air Bagan will start charging incresed YR rate effective from 1st may 12.The rate will be as follow. Latest News(4/4/2012)
E-Visa System Naypyitaw April 4 Today ministry of hotel and tourism held the meeting .The chairman is U Tin San. At the meeting,he says that foreigner come to easy to come in myanmar .So he wants to start practice the E-visa system in Myanmar.Because of he wants to reduce the time delay and security for foreigner.Afterward he adjusts other concept ministry of Myanmar.And then they discuss about the E-visa System.Firstly ,they want to start at the Yangon International air port and other four main places of Myanmar.For second,Mandalay air port and other four towns of boundry in Myanmar.For third,Bagan,Haho and thantwal air port.At that time they start continue Tourist Visa,Business Visa,Social Visa and other Visa.They use this system fourth week of April in 2012. Air Bagan News Air Bagan will start charging incresed YR rate effective from 1st may 12.The rate will be as follow. Latest News (28/3/2012)
Burma Struggling to handle visitors 28 March Now that Burma is opening to the outside world, good luck getting a hotel room. Travellers and eager investors are pouring in to explore one of Asia's most untouched countries, filling hotels to capacity, doubling room rates and spilling flight reservations onto wait lists. As the country sheds its past as an isolated military dictatorship and taboo travel destination it's becoming a new global hotspot - topping tourism lists as the must-see place to visit in 2012. Burma is eager for the hard currency that foreigners bring, but is struggling to handle the influx. At the same time, it's wondering how widely to throw open the doors - should it become another well-trodden tourist haven like Thailand or should it aim for fewer, less-transformative numbers of visitors like Bhutan to keep its ancient cultural sights and charm intact? For now, Burma is the sort of time-warped place that adventurous travellers love. It's an Asian Buddhist wonderland with red-robed monks and bicycle rickshaws where British colonial relics line the streets. There are no Starbucks or McDonald's or name-brand Western hotels, but some of that will soon change. New laws are being drafted to make it easier and tax-friendly for foreign hotel chains and others to do business in Burma. Auctions are under way for dozens of colonial buildings that some developers want to restore as boutique hotels and others want to tear down. Tourism authorities say the country needs more restaurants that cater to international tastes, more car rental agencies, more airplanes to shuttle tourists to the sacred temples in Bagan, more English-speaking tour guides, more everything. "We especially need more hotels. We need big chain hotels," a consultant to the government's Burma Tourism Board, Kyi Kyi Aye, said. "Tourism is booming and that means we have many challenges to overcome." Tour companies operating out of Australia, including Intrepid Travel and Explore Worldwide, say they are experiencing unprecedented demand for travel to Burma. Intrepid Travel say it has added a further 36 departures for its Burma tour in response to exceptional demand. Before it added the new dates, 99 per cent of trip places available in 2012 had been sold. "There's been an incredible response to Aung San Suu Kyi's call for tourists to return to Burma," Intrepid Travel's James Thornton said. Explore Worldwide said its 14-day Burma Highlights trip has been extremely popular. "Due to unprecedented demand we have increased Burma departures by more than 70 extra dates during 2012," it said. In 2011, the number of tourist arrivals jumped nearly 30 per cent to 816,000 visitors. A tiny number compared with the 19 million that visited neighbouring Thailand. Rangoon currently has 5000 hotel rooms but only 3000 that are considered "suitable for tourists," Burma Tourism Board vice chairman Maung Maung Swe said. He recently told The Irrawaddy online magazine that chains like the Marriott and Sheraton have expressed interest in opening branches. That would come as a relief to hotel managers like Ram Nurani of the 330-room Park Royal Hotel, where these days every table is full at breakfast, every sofa is taken in the busy lobby and rooms are booked weeks in advance. "It would be nice to have a hotel you could stretch by a couple of floors," Nurani said. "The city needs to build more hotels quickly." The scene is the same across town at The Strand, one of the grand colonial hotels of Southeast Asia where Rudyard Kipling and Somerset Maugham slept back when the country was still called Burma - the country was called Myanmar during its military rule from 1962 to 2011. Rooms now start at $US550 ($A531) a night. "We're fully booked for the whole month. We try our best to get people rooms at other hotels, but it's not easy," said hotel employee Khin Sandar. Another popular tourist attraction is Aung San Suu Kyi, the dignified 66-year-old who became the world's most famous political prisoner while locked under house arrest for two decades. A busload of South Koreans crowded into her rundown opposition party headquarters in Yangon on a recent morning to take pictures and buy T-shirts printed with the face of the Nobel Peace laureate, who was not on the premises. "We went to her house, too, and took pictures in front of her gate," said Sylvia Rhee, a university music professor from Jinju, South Korea, expressing surprise at the access they gained. "This used to be a closed country. We were afraid to visit before," she said. The increase in tourist arrivals started after Burma held elections in November 2010 and then released Suu Kyi, who is now running for a seat in parliament. Amid the rush to welcome the world's tourists, there are calls to avoid the pitfalls of nearby countries like Thailand, which benefited from mass tourism while its cities have turned into urban jungles that are magnets for backpackers and sex tourism. Some have suggested aiming for a limited, higher-end tourism market. "Although we're way behind, I don't think it's a bad thing. We want to handle Myanmar with care. It's like a fragile thing," said Su Su Tin, who runs a travel agency and is an executive member of a consortium of more than 100 hotels, airlines and tour operators. Initial discussions with the Tourism Ministry about handing out visas on arrival were shelved after it was decided that it's best to continue limiting tourist arrivals for now. "We all agreed we should wait to start visas on arrival because that would definitely make travel to Myanmar easier, and anybody could come, but we're not ready for that yet," Su Su Tin said. Conservationists say the handle-with-care approach should be applied to Burma's heritage. Downtown Yangon is lined with grand, now-deserted colonial buildings that used to house government offices but were vacated after the junta built a distant new capital a few years ago in the city of Naypyitaw. With real estate prices soaring, the government started to auction off some of the buildings last year but agreed to a brief moratorium on future sales and any demolition until a conservation strategy is drafted, said historian and preservationist Thant Myint. "Rangoon is one of the last cities in Asia with a lot of its 19th and 20th-century architecture intact," said Thant Myint. "We have a narrow window of opportunity to try to avoid the worst mistakes of the rest of the region." Travellers like American tourist Barbara Ruttenberg agree. "There are so few places left that haven't been taken over by McDonald's and Western customs," said Ruttenberg, of Rhode Island, on a tour with 20 other alumnae from Bryn Mawr college that was planned almost a year ago. A world traveller who has visited 44 countries, she had always wanted to see Burma but wouldn't have come while the junta still ruled. "This was a dream deferred," said Ruttenberg, 75. "I gave it to myself as a birthday present. My kids wanted to throw me a party. I said, 'Forget the Party, I'm going to Burma."' Read More Naypyitaw International Airport Opens
Vice President Dr. Sai Mauk Kham and the visiting Chinese State Council member Dai Bingguo opened the new international airport at Naypyitaw yesterday(December 19). This new airport is designed to handle 2 million domestic travellers and 3 million international travellers. The airport can also handle a total of 65,000 flights a year it is learnt.
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Travel Leaders’ Symposium Assesses Myanmar’s Potential in Sustainable Tourism
Myanmar Successfully Hosts Greater Mekong Sub-region Tourism Working Group Meeting
3 Dec Myanmar recently hosted the 28th Greater Mekong Sub-region(GMS), Tourism Working Group(TWG) Meeting at the ancient city of Bagan. The meeting was attended by National Tourism Organizations (NTO) and other stakeholders from both the public and private sectors of the Mekong Sub-region as well as Asian Development Bank, Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office(MTCO) etc. For full photo gallery please go to :http://www.face Sacred Buddha’s Tooth Relic Arrives Yangon.
23 Nov Sacred Buddha’s Tooth Relic arrives in Yangon yesterday(Nov 22). The Tooth relic was conveyed from Yangon Airport to Kabar Aye Pagoda Compound and will be put inside the Maha Passana Cave for the general public to visit and pay homage. The Sacred Tooth Relic was also in Naypyitaw before it was conveyed to Yangon yesterday. Please go to the link below for the photo gallery of the procession from Yangon Airport to Kabar Aye Pagoda.
Tourist Arrival Figures At All Time High1 JULMedia reports say that the tourist arrival through Yangon International Airport rose by 25%during the 5 months period from January to May ,2011 compared to the same period in 2010. According to available data there were 164, 995 tourist arrivals in 2011 but only 127, 770 arrived in 2010. The figure represents more than 40,000 internationals travellers(25%) visited Myanmar in 2011 during the comparable period last year. In 2010, total tourist arrivals through the Yangon International Airport were approximately 300,000 persons but the Ministry of Hotels & Tourism is hoping to hit 500,000 arrival figures this year.resort in myanmar resort in myanmar resort in myanmar Myanmar Reisen For details go to: http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/17newsk.pdf source: 7 Days News Journal
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YANGON (Xinhua) - A Myanmar private airline, Air Bagan, is planning to add direct flight service between Yangon and Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) of Cambodia, a local weekly reported Tuesday. resort in myanmar resort in myanmar resort in myanmar resort in The flight to be launched in October this year without specific date announced will be the third regional air route operated by the Air Bagan after Chiang Mai and Phuket, the Voice said. The Air Bagan has been flying domestically to 20 destinations. Meanwhile, the Myanmar Airways International (MAI) had inaugurated biweekly flight service between Yangon and Siem Reap in February this year as its international flight extension. Since 2007, Myanmar and Cambodia have been working in collaboration for realization of direct air link and visa exemption, aiming to promote tourism industry between the two countries. resort in myanmar resort in myanmar resort in myanmar resort in The work plan includes diverting more tourists from Cambodia's Siem Reap to Myanmar's Bagan, both of which are tourist destinations of the two countries, as Siem Reap has developed a tourism market enough for such diversion. Myanmar and Cambodia signed three agreements in October 1996 on tourism cooperation, air services and establishment of sister cities between Bagan and Siem Reap. Inaugurated in November 2004, Air Bagan, the first full private- invested airline in Myanmar set up by the Htoo Company, stands as the third largest domestic private airline in the country after Air Mandalay and Yangon Airways. Using two Fokker F-100 aircrafts, two ATR -72 aircrafts and two ATR-42 aircrafts, the Air Bagan has been flying the above destinations. resort in myanmar resort in myanmar resort in Myanmar Reisen Passenger Service Charge At Airports To Be Included In Airticket Price13 JUNPassenger Service Charge(PSC) for domestic air travellers will be included in the airfare from July 1st, 2011, to simplify the collection says an official from the Directorate of Civil Aviation(DCA) in a report carried by the Weekly Eleven News Journal. Currently, the PSC is collected at the airports on check-in. According to the DCA official negotiations are also being held with respective airlines to collect the PSC from foreigners as this charge will be levied in foreign currency. For details go to: source: Weekly Eleven resort in myanmar resort in myanmar resort in Myanmar Reisen Domestic Airport Tax All passengers must pay 1000 Kyats per pax as airport tax at all domestic airports in Myanmar. SIM Cards All 20USD or 50USD GSM SIM cards are not availabel anymore in Myanmar. resort in myanmar resort in myanmar resort in Myanmar Reisen News Yangon to Bangladesh direct flight will be operated soon because taking transit flight in Bangkok costs more and inconvenience for the tourists said by local authority. News Yangon to Korea direct flight will be launched soon in order to promote tourism between Myanmar and Korea. resort in myanmar resort in myanmar resort in Myanmar ReisenMandalay to Myitkyina Train
Mandalay to Myitkyina express train started to run on 2 July 2011 on every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday from Mandalay to Myitkyina at ETD: 1 pm ETA:5am and Myitkyina to Mandalay on Sunday, Wednesday, Friday at ETD: 1:50 pm and ETA:6 am. It costs USD45 for Sleeper and USD18 for Normal Class for foreigner + our service fees. Robe weaving ceremony on 15 July 2011
Waso Thingan (Waso Holy Robes) weaving ceremony will be celebrated at Shwedagon Pagoda on the full moon day of Waso on 15 July 2011. The team who win first in the competition will get a chance to offer Holy Robes to the Buddha. The celebration will be held through the whole night. Myanmar doubles domestic ferry fare
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Single Visa Between GMS
Greater Mekong Sub-Region including Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Lao, Vietnam and Thai are disussing to be able to travel by Single Visa. The decision will be made at the workshop holding at archaeological zone, Bagan in November 2011. They will make a decision on the flights to operate between these countries directly too.
Tourism Working Group Meeting and Travel Exhibition in Bagan
Deputy Minister for Hotels and Tourism inspects preparations for 28th Greater Mekong Sub-region Tourism Working Group Meeting and Travel Exhibition in Bagan
Posted on August 17, 2011 by admin Deputy Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Htay Aung , together with responsible persons of Myanmar Travel Association and Bagan Hotel Zone Association, arrived at Ayeyar Hotel on 13th August 2011 and met the trainees of front office and housekeeping courses opened at the hotel and give necessary instructions. Then, they proceeded to Nan Myint Viewing Tower and Golden Palace Hotel and inspected the venue where 28th Meeting of Greater Mekong Sub-region Tourism Working Group and Tourism Fair will be held. Holding the Workshop for Ecotourism
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Naypyitaw- 5 August , 2011 Under the supervision of Myanmar Tourism Board (MTB), workshop for ecotourism was held on 4th and 5th August 2011 at Traders Hotel, Yangon, and the Deputy Minister for Hotels & Tourism U Htay Aung and the Chairman of MTB Dr. Khin Shwe delivered the opening address.This workshop was going to be held for two days at Traders Hotel and the related ministries for ecotourism, hotels and tourism entrepreneurs, organizations, tour guides and interesting people presented 17 papers and also discussed for the settlement of long term ecotourism plan. Flood in Shan State
Online Ticketing System (Myanmar Airways International)
MAI tested online ticketing system on 17 August 2011 as the first airline in Myanmar. It has been preparing to test this system for long time and now it is implemented. It offered discount rate on this sale. It there is success, all the tickets will be sold abroad but not in the country because of lack of Credit Card System.
Yangon Airways to resume services
2 Sep Yangon Airways, which suspended services due to a technicality last Decemeber, is to resume its services from October 16, 2011 according to industry source.
Myanma Airways International(MAI) Spreads Its Wings
6 Sep Myanma Airways International(MAI) is to extends its services to Yangon-Siem Reap-Phnom Penh from October according to newsreports carried in local media citing an official from the airlines. For full details please go to http://www.news-eleven.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10053:mai--&catid=42:2009-11-10-07-36-59&Itemid=112 source:Weekly Eleven Mobile Phone News
Mobile phone from foreign country can be used in Myanmar.Chinese Telecom subscribers and Vietamese telecom subscribers can use their mobile in Myanmar. Russian Tourists Are Coming
Asian Wings Now Fly To Thandwe | Enchanting Myanmar
Myanmar (Burma) recommended by Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet recommends Myanmar as Rank 2 on its Best in travel: top 10 countries for 2012. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton To Visit Myanmar
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New Air Bus for MAI lands at Yangon International Airport
Yangon, 1 Dec - As the eighth arrival of aircraft in the airline’s fleet, a new Air Bus A 319 airplane bought by Myanmar Airways International (MAI), the only state-owned airline of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, landed at Yangon International Airport yesterday.
MAI airline operates direct flights to Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Gara, Siam Reap, Phnom Penh and Guangzhou from Yangon and manages Bangkok-Singapore-Bangkok and Mandalay-Gara- Mandalay flights. It is planned to operate direct flights to Bangkok, Singapore and Kunming.
At the end of this year, there will be a non-stop flight to Hong Kong. The newly-arrived Air Bus A 319 with a seating capacity of 123 is suitable to operate a chartered plane.
Plans are underway to provide chartered plane services not only for international flights but also for domestic flights- Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon-Bagan and Yangon- Heho.
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