VIENTIANE – Every year, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) awards its “Face of the Future” to an exceptional travel and tourism rising star who exhibits initiative and leadership in adva ...

From here on, Laos is expected to no longer sport a tag as an exotic, landlocked country in Southeast Asia that has innocently locked itself in from the rest of the region, the continent and the world ...

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung emphasised that the Vietnam–Laos relationship is a rare example in ...

Golden temples, Mekong River cruises, mighty waterfalls and nearly two dozen national parks. On paper, Laos has it all. But the land-locked Buddhist country welcomed only around 4.2 million visitors ...

"They do the Hmong New Years, their celebrations, their gatherings, and if relatives in America here are free, they want to ...

For tourism professionals in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos), these are very busy times, especially for those who have the responsibility of bringing their country up to the sort of ...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Laos has been intensifying its efforts to boost tourism and promote sustainable growth, as the country has experienced a remarkable surge in both domestic and ...

The Thai Dam people danced in a large circle to the pulse of a drum. The women, hair slicked back in tight buns, wore fitted black blouses with silver clasps and multicolored silk sarongs. One by one, ...

LUANG NAM THA, Laos — Young Western women, stripped down to bare essentials to catch the tropical sun, pass out candy and coins to begging village children. Their male backpacker cohorts bargain for ...