Travel and Tourism - Lao People's Democratic Republic - May 2005

LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
DATA SOURCES
ATTRACTIONS
TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY
 EARNINGS FROM TOURISM
Figure 1: Lao PDR: Foreign investment by sector, 2002-03
 FOREIGN INVESTMENT
 REVENUE FROM TOURISM
Figure 2: Revenue from tourism and major exports, 1998-2004
Figure 3: Lao PDR tourism earnings, 1990-2003
Figure 4: Top ten international tourism markets, 2001-04
Figure 5: Revenue from tourism by category, 2004
Employment
ARRIVALS
Figure 6: Tourist arrivals, 1990-2003
Figure 7: Tourist arrivals to Lao PDR by major market, 1990-2003
Figure 8: Share of arrivals by major market, 2003
 DOMESTIC TOURISM
Figure 9: Number of tourist arrivals by region, 1991-2004
Figure 10: International arrivals by source country, 1998-2004
MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
Figure 11: Priority markets for tourism
 EUROPE
 ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
 THE AMERICAS
Figure 12: Profile of international tourist arrivals to Laos, 2002-04
ACCOMMODATION
Figure 13: Number of acommodation, establishments and rooms, 1998-2004
Figure 14: Number of hotels, guesthouses, restaurants and entertainment establishments, 2003-04
Hotel capacity
Figure 15: Room occupancy rates by province, 1998-2004
TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
ORGANISATION OF TOURISM
 TOURISM POLICIES
 PROFILE OF THE NATIONAL TOURISM AUTHORITY
National Tourism Authority of Lao PDR (NTAL)
GOVERNMENT TOURISM POLICY AND PLANNING
 PROMOTION
 TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Ecotourism
Major group involvement
Government involvement in attractions/efforts at environmentally-friendly/sustainable tourism
UNESCO-NTA Lao Nam Ha Ecotourism Project
Sustainable Tourism Programmes in Luang Prabang and Savannakhet
Private sector initiatives
Other ecotourism initiatives
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
John Koldowski, managing director, Strategic Intelligence Centre, PATA
Alfredo Perdiguero, Asian Development Bank – quoted in Travel Impact Newswire Edition 13/2005
COMMENTS FROM THE PRIME MINISTER
OUTLOOK
Figure 16: Organisational chart of the National Tourism Authority of Laos