Green Valley Motel with colony style from Kalaw

Translated by Su Wunna

Written by HninsiThakhin

Kalaw is a small town which has cool climate in every time, in every season. And, its favourable conditions draw the attractions of visitors from local and foreign countries until now.

There have been developing hotels remarkably to invest in the cool city of Kalaw. Among these hotels, I would like to introduce Green Valley Motel which is recently opened and constructed as a standard hotel.

Green Valley Motel is created to be harmony with the name Green Valley and it is built as Bungalow plus colony style. The idea of hotel owner makes the visitors enjoy the admiration of nature and colony culture.

Green Valley Motel is situated on Nyaung Pin Thar Street, 7 Ward and it is built on two and half acres of land at the valley. It takes only 10 minute-walk from toll gate at the entrance of Kalaw. The significant feature of this motel makes the guests who would like to stay individually or those who would not like to huddle together very pleased.

Each Bangalow is made up of concrete and coniferous wood is also one of the significant features of Green Valley. In Green Valley, there are already built 10 Bagalows and if the visitors stay at each Bangalow, the charge for stay is 50000 Kyats and at least three can stay there. And also there are three kinds of superior rooms and the cost is 35000 kyats per a night.

The rooms in each Bangalow are so wide and are decorated that the guests can feel active and alert as soon as they enter into the room. And they can enjoy the cool indoor room for the whole day as inside of the room is made up of coniferous wood. Besides, there is also placed Bathtub in the bathroom as well as the decoration is made in order that the guests can enjoy sky-view while dipping in the bathtub.

The visitors can enjoy the green and clash of mountain and valley from the veranda at the east of Bangalow. And also, the visitors can see the beautiful scene of sun-set in the evening.

Dining room is wide and is also decorated with the cane chairs. In addition, the visitors can also observe the roads in conifer wood and orange farms nearby Green Motel.

That’s why, Green Valley Motel with colony style at the brae of valley is described as a hotel guide for the visitors who want to come to visit the city of coniferous wood, Kalaw with the cool climate. The reason is that it is so easy to transport and the visitors can enjoy the beautiful scenery and the taste of silent.

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The tour to Ice-field in Phimaw, Kachin State to be implemented

Translated by Su Wunna

Writtenby Layoungcho

Tourism Department of Kachin State is implementing the tour to ice-field in Phimaw, Kachin State, said U Khaing Win, the responsible person of Kachin State.  

Phimaw is under the Special Region 1 of Kachin State and it is the nearest tour to visit from Myitkyinar.

Currently, Ministry of Hotel and Tourism of Kachin State has made survey as a pilot project for local tourists to visit there.

It is not allowed foreign tourists to visit there while the implementations are being made for local tourists to visit. The tour is from Myitkyinar to Chiphwe and thereby goes to Phimaw. And then, it will take two and half hour by car to the mouth of ice-field.

And it is learnt that there are already a hotel and a guest-house for the visitors in the current situation. There are 33 rooms in the hotel and the charge for double room is 150 Yuan (25000 kyats). And also there are 13 rooms in a guest house and the price is about 70 Yuan.

The bones of Japanese soldiers to be searched in Kachin, Kayin and Mon States 

Translated by Su Wunna 

Writtenby Layoungcho

The bones of Japanese soldiers who died during Second World War will be searched in Kachin, Kayin and Mon States, the searching group leader U Than Zaw said to Travelling Journal.

There are so many factors in Mokaung, Kachin State. We make such searching for bones depending on the previous data. It will be exact and we do not need to make survey if there were ex-veterans. In this year, we keep on searching in Mon State, Phekhone in Kayah State, Yenanchaung, Chauk, Pyay, Paungde, Bago, Taungoo from Mandalay and Magwe Regions. We make all the findings in 2020, he added.

The process for searching bones is made in States and Regions across Myanmar. It is also learnt that there remains about 67000 Japanese soldiers who died in Second War World according to the report. The association of searching bones of Japanese soldiers is now carrying out the findings and it is under the Japan Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties.

Myittamyae Hotel From Kayah State

Translated By Su Wunna

Written By HninsiThaKhin

Kayah State known as Ngwe Taung State or Dwe Ma Naw, now, becomes one of the places where many tourists come to visit. At the end of 2016, Hotel Industry developed in Kayah State with added momentum. Now, there are about 30 hotels there.


Kayah State gets many attentions of the local visitors and they can choose the hotels as they wish. Among many choices, Myittamyae Hotel with lovingly kindness is introduced for you. Myittamyae Hotel is located at Lan Kut Ward with calm and quiet place in the downtown area and so Myittamyae Hotel is the best for the visitors who want to stay in peace and quiet. The structure of the hotel is very simple and it is a two-storey building.


Myittamyae Hotel is created in order that the visitors can get the feelings to reach home and it gives the visitors the aspiration of warmly kindness feeling which can get from family and home. So it can also be called home-sweet- home instead of hotel. In this hotel, there are 14 rooms and the charge is 20000 Kyats per a night including breakfast. Breakfast includes local traditional food such as potato-pounding, tomato-pounding, tomato stir with chili and other vegetables (Panhtwehpaw) and bean-pounding and the visitors can also book other meals what they would like to enjoy. Local traditional food and making green-tea with Aung Mae Nyo tea-leaf is one of the significances of this hotel.


Moreover, the hotel gives the service that the hotel-staff warmly welcome the visitors to stay the hotel. The cost for staying at this hotel is not much and it is the best hotel for the visitors who want to stay in peace and quiet, and those who come to visit with the limitation of budget. If you visit Loikaw, Kayah State, I would like to give advice you to stay Myittamyae Hotel because its situation is very calm and quiet as well as the charge for staying is not very much. That’s why; Myittamyae Hotel is described as a hotel guide for this month.

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Myanmar Thanakha to be list on UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage

Translated by – SU WUNNA

Written by – La Yaung Cho

The chairperson of Myanmar Thanakha Association, U Kyaw Moe said that the association is making plan Myanmar Thanakha to be list on UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in coming March.
Myanmar Ancient Culture and Research Department and Myanmar Thanakha Association will cooperate to be list on UNESCO and are collecting the necessary data.


“We made necessary preparations on the workshop which was held on 20th January. We will report to UNESCO in coming March. Now, we prepare papers on Thanakha. We are making the collections of historical evidences, photos, scripts, and traditional cultural evidences” said U Kyaw Moe.

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Kayah Tourism Committee plans Lisu Ethnic Villageto be Tourism Attraction

Translated by – SU WUNNA

Written by – La Yaung Cho

Kayah Tourism Committee is trying to become the village in which Lisu ethnic resides in the north-west of Loikaw, Kayah State as tourism attraction, said U Khin Maung Myint, one of the members of Kayah Tourism Committee.

It takes about 45 minutes by car from Loikaw to reach to this village and then, it will take about one hour on foot.The plan will be taken to become tourism attraction because it is not restricted area for the foreigners to visit there.

“There is no village-road and electricity and it is only Virgin Village. It is good for Trekking. And it is about 5000ft height. After climbing 5000ft height, the beautiful scenery of Inlay which is at the north-west can also be seen and also Phaekhone Township from the vantage point. And it is colder than Taungyi” said U Khin Maung Myint.

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Tour service from Japan Beach to four islands to be started

Translated by – SU WUNNA
Written by – La Yaung Cho


Tour service which can visit Japan Beach to four islands in Kawthaung Township will be started as the first tour service, said Daw Nyein Thiri Tun, marketing manager from K&L Tours to Travelling Journal.
The islands to be visited are Suengebarline Island (Japan Beach), Thandarnet Island, Lape Island, Kharhpyat Island and Hnge Island.


It is learnt that the tourists can visit four islands during one day and can enjoy the difference beauties and views of each island. Besides, the chance can also be got to enjoy the beauty of undersurface and snorkeling.


Package Service will be planned for 12 and includes ferry service from Kawthaung to Japan Beach by car, service for breakfast, lunch and snow tower. The charge for one customer is 172000 Kyats including the cost of snorkeling equipment and guide.

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To Golden Island Cottages- Hlaing Konn hotel, the heart of the Pa-O region

Translated by Kyaw Kyaw Linn

Written by HninSi ThaKhin

The only hotel in the old Mway Taw Kakku region with 2478 pagodas built by the King Siridahmarsawka. The Kakku region is the heart of the Pa-O people.

The hotel’s name “Hlaing Konn”(specifically, Golden Island Cottages – Hlaing Konn) having the meaning of “to be prosperous” was named by U Khan Hti, the leader of Pa-O national organization, for the future Kakku region. Located nearest to the Kakku Pagodas, the hotel is built on over 3 acres land and comprises 24 rooms.

The design and color of the hotel match with the region. Entering the hotel compound, it offers a breath of the past.

Two bungalow room types – 8 Couple Deluxe rooms and 16 Family Deluxe rooms are provided. A Couple Deluxe room is $ 95 per night for foreign guests and 95000 K for local guests and as for a Family Deluxe room, $ 85 for foreign guests and 85000 K for locals.

Not only breakfast but dinner — Pa-O traditional cuisine or European foods — is also served. Every room includes a shower, a bathtub and a toilet, each separately placed so it does not need to wait each other. Bathtub room has a structure that can give you a taste of bathing in a spring around rocks. Room accessories are predominantly black and white, which are the traditional colors of the Pa-O people.

Surrounding views from Couple Deluxe rooms are eye-catching and very suitable for those who would like to enjoy reading in quiet. As special services, the hotel serves guests to make offering foods to monks and to do meditation in the morning and bicycles will soon be provided for biking around the surrounding villages. Take a morning walk to pilgrimage the Kakku Pagodas, a short distance from the hotel.

Currently there are 30 stuff in the hotel and most of them are Pa-O people, with their sweet smiles. During your stay, you can explore and study the traditions and lives of the ethnic groups in villages nearby.

So, to study the lives of Pa-O people and to get a taste for tranquility pilgrimaging the historic Kakku pagodas, you can stay in Hlaing Konn hotel when you take a trip to the region.

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Traditional massage service to be brought out at Bagan and Meikhtilar

Written by TunTauk

Deputy Minister for Hotel and Tourism U Tin Latt said that it needs to provide traditional Myanmar massage service in the breeze under the shadow of Tamarind tree at Bangan and Meikhtilar.

On 12th January, deputy minister addressed this issue in the report on the implementation of regional tourism work committee in Yangon Region.

“The art of traditional Myanmar massage should be brought out because it has been for many years. Tourism Industry should be attracted with the traditional massage. For example, at Bagan and Meikhtilar, it should be provided traditional massage service while sitting on the bamboo-chair in the breeze under the shadow of Tamarind tree” he added.
In Myanmar, the art of traditional massage has been since time immemorial and so measures are to be taken to develop the art of traditional massage. And he said, if this service is given in line with the style which can be seen inside, but not enclosed room, he will give permission to perform this service.

In the neighbouring country Thailand, Spa Tourism becomes a thriving business and earns a great deal of money.

Now, there are a lot of people who learn the art of Thai massage and Japanese traditional massage, but there is still rare to learn traditional Myanmar massage. So traditional Myanmar massage becomes disappeared, he said.

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Kyauk Phyar Waterfall to become first trekking tour site in Yangon

Translated by – Kyaw Kyaw Linn

#Written By La Young Cho

New trekking tour site around the Kyauk Phyar waterfall which is located near the Phugyi reservoir, Tike Gyi township, Yangon, is being explored, said U Min Maung Soe from the Ministry of Directorate of Hotels and Tourism for Yangon to Travelling journal. Kyauk waterfall is not very far from Yangon and local visitors are visiting there.

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Sagar Lake to be explored as the second Inle Lake

Translated by – Kyaw Kyaw Linn

Written By La Young Cho

Sagar lake in Southern Shan State that most local guests come visit to will be made to become the second Inle Lake, said U Htin Aung Naing, the director of the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism for Shan State.

Sagar lake is pleasant and many pagodas are situated there, so that visitors can visit there as a tour site and study the lives of people in the surrounding villages.

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Panorama Hotel, Myanmar’s View

Hninsi Thakhin 

Panorama Hotel is centrally located in the big commercial city of Myanmar, Yangon . Want to go Scott market? Or take a walk to Sule Pagoda, to Strand Street, to colonial buildings or night market? Panorama sits on the best position to do all these things. It is located in No. 294-300 Pansodan St., Kyauktada township which is the heart of downtown Yangon.

The hotel is a high building with 10 storeys jointly decorated with modern and Myanmar designs. It is a three star hotel providing 102 rooms – Superior and Suite. Superior rooms number 94 including 2 single-bedded rooms, 62 twin rooms and 30 double rooms priced at 40,000 K per night for local guests and $ 55 for foreign guests. Suite rooms each with a living room number 8 — 4 twin rooms and 4 double rooms each  with a price of 5 5000 K for local guests and $70 for foreign guests. The first floor comprises restaurant, Jade shop and meeting room which can accommodate 30 persons. The rent for meeting room is 50,000 K for 2 hours and 133,000 K for a whole day.

All rooms come with shower or bath tubs. Ground floor includes lobby and reception. In the living room, guests can use internet for free with  desktops the hotel provides. It has staff who can speak Japanese, Chinese, Indian etc. so guests can have easy communication. Being a three star hotel, CCTVs and fire extinguishers are set on every path  of every floor. Free wifi, no smoking points are served. The 2nd, 4th and 5th floor are for guests who want to smoke so non smokers can stay in privacy Despite the high building, room structures are comfortable. 

The hotel has chefs for Indian food, Japanese food, European, Chinese and Myanmar foods since most of the guests are from these countries. 

Having Ruby Mart next to the hotel makes shopping easy. Reviews of guests are vitally important for a hotel. “Warm”, “can fulfill all the needs”, “staff are friendly and polite”, these reviews are what the hotel always gets from its customers. The fact of having long – staying guests ( up to 15 – 16 years) in the hotel implies that it has best services, quality and reasonable price. 

Thus, Panorama Hotel owning such advantages, holding perfect services and good name, is expressed from this month hotel guide section.

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