(KPL) Soon after our team of foreign journalists representing several parts of the world arrived at an entrance of the well-known Forbidden City of Beijing, China, we heard announcements made through loudspeakers by relevant officials telling us to comply with anti–Covid-19 restrictions. Not in a very long distance, tour guides told their respective groups of visitors to get ready before walking through the gate to see firsthand the historic magnificence just inside the enclosed imperial compound.

(KPL) Laos is preparing to submit an application for Hin Nam No (Karst) National Protected Area in Bualapha district, Khammuan province as a UNESCO World Heritage status by 2022.

(KPL) It has been more than two weeks already since I and other country mates first tried cycling in mega Beijing, China, after realizing that other media fellows from different countries had been addicted to this sustainable mode of transport. Passion for cycling tends to beat heavily in our hearts whenever we are free. It doesn’t matter whether it is in the morning or late afternoon. Whenever we are free we go cycling. Our path to showing people how great our love for cycling is hasn’t been laid out easily. At first we had no idea how to rend a bike, and I even bought two monthly bike cards within two days. Now we can know which one of colourful bikes parked in rows in front of our condominium can be ridden and how many minutes we need to cycle to reach our destination.

(KPL) Opened in 2020, the World War I Chinese Labourers Museum, Weihai, China’s Shandong province receives more than 200,000 visitors every year.

(KPL) Two towns of the Lao PDR have received ASEAN’s Environmental Awards. The two Lao towns are Xammeua district, the capital of Huaphan province and Kaysone Phomvihane city, the capital of Savannakhet province.

(KPL) Revenues, generated by over 463,900 domestic visitors, have reached 52 million US dollars in the first four months of the year. Each visitor spent two and half days and 45 US dollars per day, according to Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Suansavanh Viyaketh. Since the reopening of the country on May 9, more than 55,700 foreign tourists have visited the Lao PDR, as the number of people leaving the country in the first four months has reached 56,325.

(KPL) Luang Prabang Provincial Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has issue a notice imposing temporary closure of entertainment venues, karaoke parlours, and bars selling alcoholic drinks across the province from Apr 4 onward.

(KPL) Malaysia is all set to welcome back international travelers after the government announced the full reopening of its borders for the first time after nearly two years of COVID-19 pandemic-related closures as the nation is transitioning to endemic phase, beginning April 1, 2022.

(KPL) Lao and Cambodian tourism ministers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance cooperation on tourism on the sidelines of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (AFT-2022) held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Jan 19. The MoU focuses on the facilitation of cross-border tourism and the easing of immigration procedures to increase people exchange between the two countries.

(KPL) As the government is going to open the country to visitors on January 1, 2022, tourist attractions in Muang Ngoi, Luang Prabang Province have been made ready for domestic and foreign visitors to explore.