Communications were still patchy on Monday with Rakhine state’s capital Sittwe, home to around 150,000 people and which bore the brunt of the storm according to cyclone trackers.

Local media reported a man was crushed to death when a banyan tree fell on him in Pyin Oo Lwin township in the central Mandalay region.

Recently, Myanmar has declared its new rules for applications of tourist visa. According to the new terms and conditions, people applying for a Myanmar visa will have to provide a complete vaccination certificate, accompanied by a current color photo taken …

Myanmar shut down its borders to visitors in March 2020 just after the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic to prevent surging infection caseloads. Myanmar’s junta will permit tourists to apply for visas after a hiatus of more than two years. …

At last Myanmar will be accepting applications regarding e-visa by tourists after the pandemic. The Ministry, Immigration and Population, Myanmar, unveiled that their services related to e-visa would kick-start from May 15th. In April, after the Government resumed international flight …

Foreign tourists have been asked to stay away from visiting Myanmar after there were plans to open up the country in spite of the widespread ongoing rights abuses and violence including kidnappings and killings by the military, along with food …

Ministry of Hotel & Tourism, Myanmar, has recently explained that it will vaccinate all the staff members related to tourism and hospitality to allow hotels and guesthouses across the country to reopen their businesses without fear. In a top-level meeting …

Songkran or Thingyan (as addressed by local people), Myanmar’s New Year festival has been called off this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The festival is also the country’s biggest public holiday and attracts numerous tourists from across the globe. …

On Tuesday, March 31st 2020, Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and the Myanmar government signed an agreement. The agreement covers the ¥40·6 billion third tranche of an official development assistance loan. The loan has been issued to finance Phase 1 …

Myanmar tourism trailblazers Memories Group has announced the appointment of Mr. Thibaut Stettler as Hotel Manager at Awei Metta hotel in Yangon, while outgoing GM Mr Eric Laurent takes over as General Manager at the firm’s sister resort, Awei Pila, …