YANGON: Myanmar's Ministry of Hotels and Tourism held a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw on Saturday (Sept 27) to mark World Tourism ...

Despite a brutal civil war, Myanmar’s holiday industry is trying to revive interest in the army-ruled country. Hailing a "glowing sense of optimism and positivity within Myanmar’s tourism industry ...

Myanmar's Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival is a major Buddhist celebration, but recent challenges have dampened its spirit.

India, June 22 -- With everyone and their mothers-in-law having already been to Thailand, Malaysia or Singapore, adventurous Delhiites are now exploring newer and unexplored shores closer home. Once ...

UN Tourism Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvil was campaigning in China using UN funds to travel first class for his controversial third re-election campaign. He overlooked the death and destruction ...

The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center responds when tourism regions get into trouble. Today, the center offered any possible assistance to Myanmar and Thailand after the deadly ...

The Ministry of Immigration and Population in Myanmar has announced that the issuance of tourist visas for international travelers has been temporarily suspended following the catastrophic earthquakes ...

When a taxi carrying two Westerners pulled up this past week at the Shwe Sin hotel at the Chaung Tha beach resort in Myanmar's cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta region, cheers rang out from local ...

French group AccorHotels is planning to build six new properties in Myanmar by 2019 – in Yangon, Mandalay and Shan State’s Muse and Inle Lake. This would take its Myanmar portfolio to nine hotels, ...

Who is funding and delivering arms to the military junta in Myanmar is emerging as a hot-button issue within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Tom Andrews, the United Nations Special ...

YANGON (Reuters) - Last month's pro-democracy protests in Myanmar and the military junta's ruthless and bloody crackdown have hit tourism hard, with some hotels slashing prices by 80 percent to try to ...