Ecotourism policy is developed in Myanmar!

Myanmar will cooperate with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, an environmental think-tank based in Nepal, to develop an ecotourism policy and a management strategy for protected areas in the country.

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism in Nay Pyi Taw last month.

According to the centre’s media release, it will help to promote the natural and cultural assets of Myanmar’s protected areas, from Lampi Marine National Park in the south to the Hkakaborazi National Park in the north.

Director of Human Resource Development Department, Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, U Than Win, and ICIMOD’s Director of Strategic Cooperation, Basanta Shrestha, at the signing of an agreement on the development of an ecotourism policy and management strategy for protected areas in Nya Pi Taw, Myanmar.

It will also provide local people with alternative livelihood options, outside of the traditional use of natural resources.

The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism (MOHT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry (MOECAF) and the Myanmar Tourism Federation (MTF), is leading the process of collecting inputs from a variety of stakeholders on their views and experiences with ecotourism.

Tourism minister, U Htay Aung, said the Ecotourism Policy and Management Strategy’s key role is promoting quality tourism that also engages the communities living in and around Myanmar’s protected areas.

Individual protected areas are part of national protected area networks formed to conserve representative examples of nature-based assets and ecosystems.

ICIMOD’s Strategic Cooperation director, Basanta Shrestha, added the MoU has been designed to help facilitate an enabling environment that would allow ecotourism to prosper.

Myanmar is one of ICIMOD’s eight regional member countries. It has been a member since the Centre’s founding, with MOECAF as its focal ministry.

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Electric cars to be used at Noi Bai Aiport

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has approved the use of electric cars on a trial basis at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi to transfer passengers between terminals.

The initiative, which was proposed by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, for passenger and staff transfer between Terminal T1, the expanded Terminal T1 and Terminal T2, when it becomes operational by the end of this year.

The administration director, Lai Xuan Thanh, told local media that electric vehicles were a better option than taxis or motorbikes.

“Passenger demand for transfers between terminals is now quite high… we need a solution,” he added.

Regulations for the use of vehicles within the airport complex need to be revised. There was just one terminal up until the end of December so there was no requirement for vehicles, other than technical support for aircraft, gate transfers and supplies.

Even the use of environmentally friendly electric cars will require a change in regulations.

Currently, there are 36 domestic and international airlines operating from and to the Noi Bai International Airport. Last year, there were around 90,000 flights, carrying nearly 13 million passengers and 332,000 tonnes of cargo.

Last December, the expanded Terminal T1 officially started operations. It has a capacity to serve 6 million passengers a year. Terminal T2, which has the capacity to serve 15 million passengers, will be fully operational by the end of this year.

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