Myanmar Travel Association arranges phone lines for its members

Union of Myanmar Travel Association managed to get permits for 10 telephone lines for its members, according to its news letter dated 19th September, 2005.

There were 115 applicants and the 10 successful bids are as follows :

1.Malika T&T
2. Myanmar Sky T&T
3. Myanmar Tourism T&T
4. Fascinating Land T&T
5. Myanmar Frangipani T&T
6. Sun T&T
7. Golden Mother Land T&T
8. Ruby River T&T
9. Yomawadee T&T
10 KST T&T

All successful applicant has to contribute 500,000 kyats to UMTA in addition to the cost of phone line it is learnt.

Naga New Year Festival

Every year in January. NAGA New Year is celebrated. This year, the Festival will be celebrated in Layshi, Sagaing Division, Union of Myanmar.It is the tradition of the NAGA people to share joy and happiness with friends and guests on this auspicious New Year and Thanksgiving celebrations to mother nature for granting bountiful harvest for all year round.Myanmar is a land of diverse topography and national races. High up on the mountains of North West Myanmar are the proud national group, known to the world as NAGA, one of the over 100 different national residents of the Union of Myanmar.

The NAGA Hills, as commonly referred to, have steep slopes and deep ravines. Cold wind blows during the winter months. Summer months are not hot but cool. Streams leap over huge boulders or hiss quietly along. The climate may be harsh for the NAGA people and those of the brethren Myanmar nationals, but the NAGA New Year Festival in the NAGA Hills will give each and every visitor to Myanmar an experience which is closer to nature, and an experience to cherish.

This year's NAGA Festival will be celebrated during the 2nd week of January 2006. The exact dates will be announced soon. The venue of the Festival is Layshi in Sagaing Division, which is accessible from Mandalay to Homalin by plane; an adventurous upstream to Htamanthi by boat or car and to Layshi by car.Further information on NAGA Festival 2006 will be posted on website soon.

Tourist map covering all the country destinations nears completion

"Tourist Maps of Myanmar" will feature all the destinations in the country and the best of it all is - its free - said the Managing Director of Design Printing Services. According to DPS, the map will be available by next week - 12th. September, 2005.

Aye Min Oo added that these maps will travel to many tourist generating countries like United States, United Kingdom, West Europe and all major travel trade fairs.

His maps can be ordered by phone + 95-1-204020 or via the web site www.dpsmap.com and , according to Mr. Aye Min Oo, they will be posted free (postage will be paid by DPS).