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Tourism in Laos has become an important part of the economy of Laos, contributing US$700 million to the nation's economy, or 4% of GDP. [1] Tourism is governed by a ministry-level government agency, the Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA).
The Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA) is the government agency responsible for managing, promoting, and developing the tourism under the Ministry of Finance.The LNTA is a ministry-level agency, reporting directly to the prime minister's office.
National Route 9 (Vietnamese: Quốc lộ 9 (or abbrv.QL9) or Đường 9) runs across Vietnam roughly in line with the 17th Parallel.The route includes two segments. The segment called National Route 9A begins at Đông Hà and ends at Lao Bảo on the Vietnam-Laos border and is entirely within Quảng Trị Province.
It is part of the East-West Economic Corridor that stretches 1,450 km, connecting four Mekong region countries: [3] Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. As Lao Bảo is located in an advantaged area of commerce and border trade between Vietnam and Laos, this small town has opportunities to do business and exchange timber with Laos and Thailand ...
A travel itinerary is a schedule of events relating to planned travel, generally including destinations to be visited at specified times and means of transportation to move between those destinations. For example, both the plan of a business trip and the route of a road trip, or the proposed outline of one, are travel itineraries.
The tourism department of Laos has listed 63 notable landmarks in the province. 32 are natural sites, 18 are cultural sites, and 13 are historical sites. [13] Of these, some of the important sites are the following: [19] Plain of Jars archaeological site 1. The province's most distinctive landmark is the Plain of Jars.
The Savannakhet–Lao Bao railway (often referred to as the Laos–Vietnam railway) is a 220-kilometre (140 mi) standard gauge railway planned in southern Laos, between Lao's second largest city, Savannakhet and the small town of Lao Bảo on the border with Vietnam.
Khong Island or Don Khong (Lao: ດອນໂຂງ) is the largest island and the seat of administration in the Si Phan Don riverine archipelago located in the Mekong River, Khong District, Champasak Province, southern Laos. The island is 18 kilometers (11 mi) long (north-south), and 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) at its widest point.