BREAKING NEWS:

As of May 01, 2010, foreign visitors from any country can apply for visa on arrival when passing through Yangon and Mandalay international airports without having to make any prior arrangements with travel agencies.

Several types of visas are available:
- 28 day tourist visa for US$ 30 per person, non-extendable
- 70 day business visa for US$ 40 per person, extendable
- 28 day social visa for US$ 40 per person, extendable

Children under seven years of age accompanied by a parent are exempted from the visa fee.

Visitors who overstay the 28-day limit on the tourist visa will be required to pay US$ 3 for each day they spend in the country after their visa expires.

To get a visa on arrival you must bring:
- A valid return ticket
- Proof of a booking at a hotel, motel or guesthouse
- 2 recent passport photos that are not older than six months and are 4 cm x 6 cm
- Sign a form (click here) stating that you will abide by all immigration laws

Visitors are not allowed to visit restricted areas in Myanmar and must have a minimum of US$ 300 if they are individual traveler and US$ 600 if traveling in a family.

Passport must also be valid for a minimum of six months after date of arrival in Myanmar.

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LATEST NEWS

NEW AIRLINE CONNECTION:

TAIPEI – YANGON:
For Myanmar travelers there is a new, attractive journey possibility. Instead of flying via Bangkok or Singapore you can fly now with China Airlines via Taiwan to Yangon. The distance between Frankfurt and Yangon is served at present four times per week via Taipei. Comfortable jumbo jets are used for the long distance from Frankfurt to Taipei and modern machines of the type Embraer E90 serve the distance from Taipei to Yangon. China Airlines founded in 1959 has an extensive air fleet from modern machines, whose average age is only six years.

CHIANG MAI – YANGON:
Air Bagan announced a new service from Yangon to Chiang Mai, with the first flight taking off on January 7, 2010. The planned schedule from 07.01.10 – 29.04.10 has flights two times, on Thursday and Sunday. Modern machines of the type Airbus A310 are used for the distance between Yangon and Chiang Mai. The Airbus A310 is a twin-jet large-capacity aircraft of the European aircraft manufacturer airbus. This concerns a shortened and further developed variant of the airbus A300 and is conceived for medium- to long-range.

HANOI – YANGON – HANOI:
Since 2 March 2010 Vietnam Airlines is flying four times a week to Yangon.

Myanmar travelers can fly now from Frankfurt via Hanoi to Yangon, stop in Hanoi for a few days or even for a longer stay in Vietnam.

For an updated flight schedule, please click here.

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MONEY:

Since 01.10.09 there are also 5000 Kyat notes (this is based on the current exchange rate approx. US$ 4,76) in circulation.

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ADMISSION FEES:

The entrance fee for the Mandalay zone (Mandalay, Ava & Amarapura) was increased from US$ 10,-- to US$ 15,-- per person. We assume that the entrance fee for Bagan and other places will increase in the next days as well. For Bagan the entrance fee could go up from US$ 10,-- to US$ 20,-- per person. As soon as this is official, we will publish also a revised list with the new entrance fees.

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ONE TIME GSM PREPAID CARD:

Since December 2008 also Pre Paid Sim cards are available for mobile telephones in Myanmar. The Pri Paid Sim cards are available for US$ 10 and US$ 20, has then according to assets a value of US$ 10 or US$ 20.
Local calls are charged with US$ 0,3 per minute, international calls with US$ 1,5 per minute (for all countries) and incoming calls with US$ 0.05 per minute.
To send SMS messages to foreign countries (for example Germany) is not possible.
SMS
The GSM prepaid cards are valid for 30 days after activation and available. Mobile shop and also at the City Marts are selling the US$ 20 Pri Paid Sim Card for a price between US$ 27 and US$ 30.

Please note that the mobile network does NOT include Ngapali.

Please click here for an updated list of all places with a mobile network:

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RIVER CRUISES BETWEEN MANDALAY AND BAGAN:

With the Pandaw II and Pandaw IV:
The Irrawaddy Flotilla company will not offer short river cruises between Mandalay and Bagan for 2009/2010. The long river cruises on the Chindwin river and to Bhamo are also further accomplished.

Please find more information on the long river cruises under:
http://www.travel-myanmar.net/myanmar-river-cruise.htm

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EXPRESSBOOT FROM MANDALAY TO BAGAN:

Shwe Keinnery oder Zin Yaw:
The Shwe Keinnery boats will operate daily between Mandalay and Bagan from 01.10.10 – 31.03.11. Should the demand for individual days be too small, the operator of the Shwe Keinnery boats, will use smaller boats, like “Zin Yaw”, or cancel the trip completely.

Please note that a trip can be also cancelled on a very short notice. Alternatively there is a daily flight from Mandalay to Bagan, or you may drive by car from Mandalay via Meikthila to Bagan.

For March and April due to the small demand all trips were cancelled.

Malikha River Cruise:

Vom 01.10.10 – 30.04.11
Has no fixed departure days for the season 2010/2011. They adjust the schedule according to the booking situation.

For an updated schedule (July 2010), please click here.
For an updated schedule (August 2010), please click here.

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