Myanmar

The chairman of Myanmar Tourism Entrepreneurs Association has announced on Friday (Dec 18) that Myanmar is all set to launch non-landing sightseeing flight tours this weekend. While making the announcement, Mr. Naung Naung Han, the chairman of the association, has said that this is the first move to promote the domestic tourism industry across the country amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Myanmar has announced on Saturday (Aug 29) that the government has decided to further extend the temporary entry restrictions on inbound visitors by another month till September 30, in an effort to limit the transmission of COVID-19 to the community. Moreover, the ministry has extended the ban on issuing all type of visas ...

Myanmar and Japan agrees to establish Special Travel Arrangements after the official visit by the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu to Myanmar on Monday (Aug 24). He met with Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and they discussed bilateral arrangements to simplify travel between the two countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The governments of the two ...

The Government of Myanmar is looking to lift the ban on foreign travel for its citizens with travel purpose of urgent business. The country will lift the ban for the first time since all international commercial passenger flights suspended on March 30, 2020 as an effort to limit the risk and spread of COVID-19 in the country. The Ministry of ...

The Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced on Sunday (June 28) that it has decided to extend the temporary restrictions on entry of international visitors into Myanmar from all countries. The restriction will now continue till July 31 in an effort to limit the risks of import and spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The restriction on foreigner’s ...

In Myanmar, the Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment on COVID-19 announced on Thursday (May 28) to extend the suspension of visas and international flights and other virus prevention measures except the previous lifted measures until June 15. As per a recent survey by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism (MOHT), travel restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic has affected ...

The Yangon Aerodrome Company Limited (YACL), the airport operator of the main international aviation gateway to Myanmar has made an official announcement on Thursday (24th April) that the restrictions on all international passenger flights to and from Yangon International Airport are further extended up to May 15th, 2020 (2359 hours MST). The move came as a temporary measure in order ...

In Myanmar (Burma), the traditional water festival of Thingyan that coincides with its New Year celebrations has been cancelled by the government in the wake of Covid-19. Like Songkran in Thailand, Myanmar’s New Year celebration of Thingyan is the nation’s greatest open festival ordinarily running for seven days across the country with festivity and water bottles, with doused revelers celebrating late into the night. ...

Clinical group from China showed up in here on Wednesday to help the Myanmar government’s progressing endeavors in battle against COVID-19. The 12-membered Chinese clinical group incorporates clinical specialists from a few emergency clinics from Yunnan territory in the fields of irresistible control and anticipation of respiratory and serious sicknesses, center treatment and research facility testing. With common help, the ...

Myanmar has reported its first cases of COVID-19, two Myanmar nationals, a 36-year-old travelling from the United States and 26-year-old returning from Britain. Myanmar’s armed forces have announced it will postpone its annual military parade to try to prevent the spread of the virus. The Ministry of Health is preparing US$200,000 in funding to buy laboratory equipment, medicines, and protective ...