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Yangon Airways's flights will be operated from 16th October,2011.It has been suspended all flights starting 03rd,December.2010 due to the cancellation of its Air Operator's Certificate(AOC).Starting from 5th,September,2011,all regular flights bookings will be accepted. Yangon Airways was established in 1996, as a joint venture.

Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival will be held at Inle Area starting from 28th,September, 2011 to 15th,October,2011.

Taunggyi is situated on High Mountain that is means “Big Mountain” and it near Inlay Lake. There has Tazungdaing Festival and Hot Air Balloon festival at Sular Muni Pagoda. It is a famous festival in this month and tourist attraction.

The Hot Air Balloon opening ceremony will starting on 16 November, 2010 until the full moon day of Tazaungmon (21 November,2010). At daytime competitions are for balloon made in various kind of colorful animal shapes and at night fire balloon are decorated with strings of lanterns, fire work and fire sticks which are set off mid – air fireworks and designs made of light. The balloons have a bamboo frame and with hand –made paper.

If you have a plan to visit Myanmar in this period, don’t miss the chance to enjoy the Hot – air balloon festival in lovely town, Taunggyi.

It is time for Myanmar people get ready to do the meritorious deeds as much as they can. Also the time of festivities and donation activities to celebrate. During the Tazaungmone festival, houses and public buildings are colorfully illuminated everywhere. Illuminations are more elaborate than in Thadingyut.

One important ceremony associated with the season is the offering of the new yellow robes (Ka-htein robes) to the monks and make pa-de-tha tree is back, hung with things like packets of yellow robes and other requisites, like a Christmas tree in order to donate to the Sangha in progress. The pa-de-tha tree cannot be planted by expert, but it can only be nurtured by acts of Dhana. People believe that they would reborn in the land where such trees grow.

Thus why, Tazaungmone is the special occasion for the Myanmar people to enjoy with the deed in the right spirit and don’t miss to come and enjoy with Myanmar people.

During these nine months, tourists are in come over 200,000 from Yangon International Airport. When the Myanmar Immigration stopped visa on arrival in September, the tourists in come population are less than in July and August.

The amount of tourist income in September are 18,094 guests, it is less than in August 4313 guests and in July 3000 guest. But the Myanmar tourism industry promotion committee has been compare in 2009 guests list; it has been increase 4093 guests in 2010.

On September 2010, 603 guests are income from the Yangon International Airport per day. In this year, starting from the first of January until the end of September (during nine months), The total amount of tourist’s income are 201,823 guests and 147,169 guests are has been in come in 2009. It has been compare in 2009 and 2010, tourists income are increases 50,000guests.

We would like to introduce you about Green Haven Hotel in Kalaw, Shan Stage. This hotel is located hill station 1320m above sea level and the famous trekking area in Myanmar, surrounding by Blue Mountain. Their population are Palaung, Danu,Pa-O, Taung Yoe and their own traditional culture.

Green Haven Hotel located on the road of the famous Shwe Oo Min pagoda and Hni Paya and you can feel the fresh air and evergreen pine forest.

Thus why don’t you come and see nature by itself visiting Myanmar? Myanmar PLG Travels is able to join you with beautiful Myanmar by the way you wish to travel around.

According to the information from the MAI Airways marketing manager Daw Aye Mar Ra Thar, the MAI Airways will extension new plan trip and flights on 31/Oct/2010. Currently Yangon Bangkok has 10 flights per week and now they planned extension 2 flights per day and daily flights.
For the Yangon – Kuala Lumpur is currently flights 5 days per week and now extension to 6 days per week (except on Saturday).
Bangkok – Singapore is a new plan that is a daily flight departure on 10:45 am from Bangkok to Singapore.
Myanmar Airways International also flights to Yangon – (Gayar) India every Saturday for pilgrimage tourists of Myanmar Buddhism.
It was starting from in this year Myanmar Airways International franchises to Private Company.

(Ref : 7day News Journal)

My Garden Restaurant is a new restaurant open at in front of Summit Hotel and open in People’s Park Center. It is a high qualities and delicious restaurant. It a little far away from the Yangon town down area but easy for the customers who accommodated at Summit Hotel . My Garden Restaurant are serve Chinese Food and Western Food, open in morning 10:00 am to 11:00 pm. Also can enjoy special dinning with solo show start from 7:30pm to 10:00 pm .
On 25 Sep 2010 they will be start tea menu so you can serve tea set on breakfast morning at 7:00 am. Other wide you can cheers with your friends, for the ladies or who don’t like to drink liquor, the restaurant prep ear for soft drink and fresh juice (season fruit).
My Garden Restaurant is expensive than other restaurant but it delicious and suitable for the customer from the Summit Hotel. Please come and enjoy for their new menu.

Manaw Exhibition and Sale festival will be held at Sitarpu Manaw Compound from 5th January to 11th Janurary, 2008 with Manaw Traditional Festival.
60th Anniversary Manaw Festival is held in honor of Nats (traditional family gods known as Karai Kasang) to ensure good weather for a bumper harvest or to ward off danger and general ill fortune. There are traditional dances by various Kachin groups, tug-of-war matches and bean-bag fighting games and food galore, sold at makeshift stalls. It is the most colorful gathering you could have witnessed anywhere, with men and women in the traditional formal costumes, headgear, ornaments, jewelry and ceremonial weapons.
Manaw Exhibition and Sale festival has held in every 4 years and it is the third time. It is operated by Alpha Group Co., Ltd. with the purpose of company products promotion and direct selling to their customers.
So we invite you to come Manaw Exhibition and Sale festival while explore to Manaw Traditional Festival if you have plan to visit Myanmar on this period.

New Year sale festival will be held in famous Bogyoke Market (Scott Market) from 26th December to 30th December for 5 days.
Variety of commodities including textile fabrics, cosmetic, latest fashioned ready-made clothes, food stuffs, herbal medicine, pharmaceutical, garments for ladies and gents, varieties of shoes and fancy wears for the teenagers are available.
In this year, companies will promote their new products with demonstration and other entertainment will be included if there any sponsors.

Laykyun Setkyar, the biggest standing Buddha image all over the world is situated in Khatakan Taung village in Monywa, Sagaing Division.
Monywa lies in the heart of the Chindwin Valley and 136 km northwest of Mandalay. It is one of the tourist attraction sites which possessed the most famous places like Thanboddhay Paya, the solid section of the monument is said to enclosed 7350 relics and other holy materials, Poe-win Taung caves, a place where Myanmar’s ancient sculptures, mural paintings and natural sand-stones can be studied in one spot at the same time, Boddhi-tataung (1000 Buddhas), a grove of banyan trees each with a Buddha image at its feet and Kyaukka village, known for its own style of decent lacquer-ware.
In future, Laykyun Setkyar Buddha Image becomes one of the attraction sites of Monywa. It has been constructing since 1996 and will celebrate opening ceremony on 21st February, 2008 (full moon day of Tabohdwe). The total measurement of image is 424 ft with 380 ft high image on 44 ft throne.
We pleasingly invite you to explore to the biggest standing Buddha image in Monywa while you are visiting Myanmar in year 2008.

We would like to introduce about Belle Resort; new resort in Chaungtha will open in mid-December.
The resort sits on a 4.5-acre swathe of land along the beach. The project is 95 percent complete and some of the facilities have been open since October 2006. When it is finished the hotel will have a total 56 rooms and will potentially hold 150 guests.
They opened two family bungalows, 12 deluxe and superior rooms in October 2006 and also opened another 12 double rooms in December. Facilities at the resort include a karaoke lounge, swimming pool, gym, spa and fitness centre.
Room rates at the resort vary from Kyat 36,000~60,000 for locals and US$ 45~75 for foreigners.

An amusement park at the National Landmark Garden in Pyin Oo Lwin will open in December operated by Htoo Trading Company.
It is located on four acres of land on the southern end of the 54-acre National Landmark Garden near National Kandawgyi Park, opened on 15^th December, 2006. It will have five entertainment centers and first open three in December. They are trying to finish the entrance gate, like Disneyland, indoor game centre and merry-go-round for the opening.
Chinese experts surveyed the ground and drew plans for the amusement park. Game machine suppliers and an engineering group also came to the construction site from Chine. But the overall design was made by their Burmese architect. They plan to gradually expand the park in future and celebrate the garden’s first anniversary but have not been confirmed yet.