Asian Development Bank is funding a US$10 million project to improve Luang Prabang’s tourist sites, in districts close to the World Heritage town.
Twenty tourists have been identified many of them in Pak Ou and Chomphet districts.
Lao News Agency quoted Luang Prabang Information, Culture and Tourism Department deputy director, Soudaphone Khomthavong, saying that there are 228 tourist sites in Luang Prabang province, of which 108 are ecotourism sites, 86 are cultural and 34 historical.
The 20 tourist sites that will be improved include Kuang Si waterfall, Xiengthong temple, Chan village, Xanghai village, Chomphet temple, Tham Ting cave, the national museum, That Phousi and the Tad Sae waterfall.
The improvements are being entirely financed by the Asian Development Bank and work is expected to be complete by 2019.
The funds will be used to improve access roads, install electricity lines, construct a river port and renovate temples.
Last year, over 600,000 tourists visited Luang Prabang and authorities claim the province earned USD189 million.
Luang Prabang’s tourism officials believe the World Heritage town will receive 700,000 international visitors by 2018.
The town has 76 hotels and resorts, 327 guesthouses, 286 traditional and international restaurants and 75 tourism companies.
Luang Prabang was recognised as a World Heritage site in 1995.It has captured the imagination of travellers because of the fusion of traditional and French colonial architecture during the 19th and 20th centuries and its chill-out ambience that still survives despite a tourism boom. It is one of the few remaining towns in Asia that reflect a blending of two distinct cultural traditions.
Lao News Agency quoted Luang Prabang Information, Culture and Tourism Department deputy director, Soudaphone Khomthavong, saying that there are 228 tourist sites in Luang Prabang province, of which 108 are ecotourism sites, 86 are cultural and 34 historical.
The 20 tourist sites that will be improved include Kuang Si waterfall, Xiengthong temple, Chan village, Xanghai village, Chomphet temple, Tham Ting cave, the national museum, That Phousi and the Tad Sae waterfall.
The improvements are being entirely financed by the Asian Development Bank and work is expected to be complete by 2019.
The funds will be used to improve access roads, install electricity lines, construct a river port and renovate temples.
Last year, over 600,000 tourists visited Luang Prabang and authorities claim the province earned USD189 million.
Luang Prabang’s tourism officials believe the World Heritage town will receive 700,000 international visitors by 2018.
The town has 76 hotels and resorts, 327 guesthouses, 286 traditional and international restaurants and 75 tourism companies.
Luang Prabang was recognised as a World Heritage site in 1995.It has captured the imagination of travellers because of the fusion of traditional and French colonial architecture during the 19th and 20th centuries and its chill-out ambience that still survives despite a tourism boom. It is one of the few remaining towns in Asia that reflect a blending of two distinct cultural traditions.
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