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Ecotourism Laos is adding more online maps of provinces, tour circuits, regions, and major towns. In January, the site uploaded maps of Houaphanh, Savannakhet, Salavan, and Sayabouly Provinces along with more detailed maps of their provincial centers and tour circuits. Maps of the Tea Caravan Trail, through Bokeo and Luang Namtha Provinces, are also available. Maps of Siphandone (4,000 Islands) in Champasak Province are in the pipeline.
To view maps on Ecotourism Laos, click here.
For brochures, guidebooks and tourist maps maps, click here
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Luang Namtha’ Tai Dam Festival, the province’s largest celebration held every three, will take place from 4-6 February 2011 at Ban Tong Chai Tai located 2 km northeast of Luang Namtha Town. The festival attracts more than 1,00 ethnic Tai Dam wearing traditional clothing, who participate in a variety of time-honored activities.
The province recently held an Ethnic Traditional Show and Local Food Festival on 29-31 December 2010, at the provincial capital’s Night Market. Some 17 ethnic groups participated in the event that featured traditional performances and more than 20 types of local food. This follows a successful pilot exhibition of local handicrafts in August 2010.
For more information on Luang Namtha, visit: www.luangnamtha-tourism.com.
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The latest Lonely Planet Laos (7th Edition) published in 2010 presents 10 highlights in Laos, and places the spotlight on Houaphanh Province’s Viengxay Cave City, the birthplace of Lao PDR. In a recently released extract of the new guidebook, Lonely Planet prefaces the highlights with a description of the caves. The top-10 attractions and activities also include riverboat cruises, the Gibbon Experience, trekking in Phongsaly, and exploring Thakhaek and Savannakhet.
To read the entire extract, click here.
For more information on the Viengxay Caves, click here, or visit: www.visit-viengxay.com |
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Xaixana Champanakhone’s has released “Lao Cooking and the Essence of Life”, a 207-page book with accompanying DVD synthesizing Lao food with the country’s culture in a personable narrative that is informative and enjoyable, while presenting easy-to-follow recipes in a commentary style.
When asked why he wrote the book, Xaixana said, “There is to-date no book available about Laos which is written with insight, respect, and deep appreciation in discovery of the wonder that is Lao people's attitude to life.”
To read an excerpt from the book and to purchase a copy, click here.
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The January 2011 issue of Tourism Review featured Laos’ Konglor Cave in its special section, “Underground Attractions: Caves and Abysses”. “Konglor Cave: Laos’ Lost Tunnel” presents travel and accommodation information as well as possible itineraries, all of which lead to the 7.5-km Konglor Cave and the boat ride through it.
To download Konglor Cave: Laos’ Lost Tunnel, click here.
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Final preparations are being made for this year’s annual Elephant Festival being held in Sayabouly Province’s Paklai District, some 300 kilometres west of Vientiane, on February 18-20, 2011. The event features about 60 brightly adorned pachyderms competing for “Elephant of the Year”, along with elephant processions and bathing, mahout demonstrations, traditional Buddhist blessings, fun fairs, night markets, and live performances.
For more information, click here.
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