VIENTIANE: Laos is accelerating efforts to strengthen its tourism accounting and statistics system as international visitor arrivals continue to increase steadily in 2026. The country recorded about 1.31 million foreign visitors in the first quarter of this year, compared to more than 1.26 million during the same period in 2025, reflecting continued growth in the…
VIENTIANE: This week in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the third edition of the Cambodia-Laos tourist Business to Business (B2B) Forum and the Cambodia-Laos Joint Tourism Working Group on tourist collaboration was held. Under the 2023–2024 action plan, the meeting identified and reviewed possible collaborative projects and activities to strengthen bilateral tourist cooperation. Deputy Director General Phouthone…
Thailand welcomes Lao tourists on the new Vientiane-Bangkok train service. On Sunday night, a new trial train from Vientiane to Bangkok, Thailand arrived at Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Station, where visitors from Laos were greeted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). The goal of the trial train…
The government has extended the number of days that visitors from these nations can stay in Laos and permitted entry without a visa for tourists from a select list of nations. The goal of the initiative is to draw more visitors to Laos for the remaining months of Visit Laos Year 2024. The new regulations…
