The Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism has launched a roadmap on post-pandemic tourism recovery in the 2021-2025 period, which will focus on promoting domestic travel.
Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism haslaunched a roadmap on post-pandemic tourism recovery in the 2021-2025 period, whichwill focus on promoting domestic travel.
Lao Deputy Ministerof Information, Culture and Tourism, Ounthuang Khaophanh, said the scheme willintroduce measures to address crucial issues of the tourism sector in a bid tosolve impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The roadmapcovers three main objectives, namely to support and promote domestic tourism, establishtravel bubbles with countries with low risks, and develop green and sustainabletourism.
In 2020, the tourist traffic to Laos dropped by 75 percent, resulting in a loss of 80 percent of overall tourism revenue becauseof travel restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Lao Ministry of Health on October 25 confirmed 615 new COVID-19cases and one more death in the past 24 hours, raising the country’s totalinfections and fatalities to 36,248 and 53, respectively./.
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Ticket prices on the Laos-China railway will be cheaper than travel over the same distance by road, with the price beginning at 350 kip (0.035 USD)/person/kilometre, while the travel time will be much shorter.
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Foreign tourists in Laos. (Photo: laotiantimes) 
