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  2. Tourism in Laos - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in Laos - Wikipedia

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    World Heritage Sites ; Site Image Location () Year listed UNESCO data Description Town of Luang Prabang: Luang Prabang: 1995 479bis; ii, iv, v (cultural) Luang Prabang, the capital of the Lan Xang kingdom between the 14th and 16th centuries, was the royal and religious seat of the French protectorate of Laos between 1893 and 1946.

  4. National Tourism Administration (Laos) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Why you need to take the slow boat from Thailand to Laos

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    But tourism is climbing: in the first eight months of 2024, Laos welcomed 2.6m foreign tourists, a 19 per cent hike from the same period in 2023. Crossing from Thailand into Laos is popular on the ...

  6. Travel itinerary - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Portal:Laos - Wikipedia

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    Laos became independent in 1953 under King Sisavang Vong. The capital city is Vientiane. Other large cities include Luang Prabang, Savannakhet, and Pakse. The official language is Lao. Laos is a multi-ethnic country with the politically and culturally dominant Lao people making up approximately 60 percent of the population, mostly in the lowlands.

  8. Rail transport in Laos - Wikipedia

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    Laos has 422 km (262 mi) of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 12 in) standard gauge railways, primarily consisting of the Boten–Vientiane railway, which opened in December 2021.It also has a 12 km (7 mi) metre gauge railway with two stations in Vientiane, Khamsavath and Thanaleng, both of which are connected to Thailand's railway system.

  9. Congressional staffer arrested at US Capitol with ammunition ...

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    A staffer for a U.S. House of Representatives Democrat was arrested at the Capitol on Monday when a regular security check turned up ammunition in his bag, the Capitol Police said. The police ...