Flymya to expand its Platform for small travels and tours company

Local travel and tourism company Flymya has launched an online portal where small scale   tourism operators can upload itineraries and tour packages to Flymya’s website.

This move is expected to help smaller companies compete against larger companies as Myanmar tourism sector booms, according to Flymya.

As the number of projected tourists entering Myanmar grows each year, the ease for tourist operators accessing the growing numbers is still proving difficult for the small operations as larger companies have financial ease to access them before they arrive.

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The deal would also allow tourist agents to avoid setting up their own websites, payment gateways, online banking and marketing operations, as sales made through the portal go directly to the operators, Flymya announced.

With this opportunity operators will be able to focus their efforts by improving their deals from the review system as well as leaving business hassles to Flymya, which provides domestic air tickets, hotel reservations and car rental services.

Currently the tourism market in Myanmar is far and few in-between with many operators spread throughout downtown Yangon absorbing the majority of the business when they can. Yet, this allows larger companies to pitch abroad using social media and webpages.

“With small time operations begin given the opportunity to use our website as a sounding board to potential customers, this will help smaller enterprises with great tourist deals and all them to have their voices heard,” Flymya CEO Mike Than Tun Win said.

A total of 4.68 million tourists entered Myanmar in 2015, up from 3.08 million in 2014, with projections citing that tourist arrivals will reach 7.5 million by 2020. However, this government provided figures are strongly contested. Despite the inflated figures, there has indeed been a boom in Myanmar’s tourism sector.

Flymya’s claims its portal will be able to connect 2 million visitors to the tour operator portal sorting out payments and fees before arrival.

“What Flymya’s package portal will do is let businesses track sales in real time, connecting Myanmar businesses with the global travellers. We will have the biggest assortment of tour packages in Myanmar,” said Mike.

According to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, for the year of 2015 there are 1,906 licensed local companies operating within the country, 39 joint venture operations and only one foreign company. About 18 percent of tourists arriving in Myanmar are in package tours with 24 percent of travellers are solo independent travellers.

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Internet Based Hotel Chain Jovago Find Local Partners with Hotels in Myanmar

The web site booking Internet Jovago backed rocket and Qtel is looking for a partner in the State of Qin as a hotel northwest attracts an increasing number of visitors.
Chin State is one of them, “Our goal is to propose everywhere hotels in Myanmar, including in remote areas Hugo Schleicher, regional director in Myanmar Jovago said very nice and quiet.”
He said. Jovago call all hotels in Chin State propose them to be listed on their website.

“We will have a team in Yangon collect all information about hotels and create their profile and promote to visitors coming to the site Jovago” Schleicher said.

He said there is no limit on the number of hotels in Jovago want to be partners in the region, because everything fits some kind of travelers.
Chin State is one of the states have not yet discovered in Myanmar natural mountain chains linked to the eastern states of India.
According to the Ministry of Hotels in Myanmar and Tourism, the number of visitors to the state of Qin is growing rapidly, with foreign visitors record in 1990 and 7430 local visitors, compared to a few hundred to five years earlier.
However, the State of Qin only three hotels accredited by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. It is expected to be opened under the permission of the Ministry with the highest number of tourists most.
And between India, Myanmar and Thailand triple speed road, which will connect Moreh in India to Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar, and is seen to increase the number of visitors coming across the border.
He Jovago State of Qin has enormous potential for growth in the hospitality sector. With the general elections successfully in the past year, the increase in per capita GDP, the company expects the number of local travelers to increase in the coming years as well.
“We are trying to make contact with all hotels in Chin State and destinations in the state of Chin become more popular and more,” Schliecher said, adding: “We are trying to promote tourism development through contracts with local hotels to book online. ”
Every time there is to see places in Chin State includes Natmataung National Park, heritage of ASEAN and heart shape Red Lake. Visitors also go to the top of Mount Kennedy and easy Tetain.
He Schliecher Jovago want to cover the whole of Myanmar through its website. “More than 500 today and trust us, and we want partners in 1000 to end of June.”

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Myanmar Government Ban Bagan Sunset View

Tourism industry leaders and condemned in Bagan decision of the Ministry of Culture ban for visitors to climb the ancient temples in the world-renowned archaeological site. Sunset from the top of the temple is one of the major tourism drawcards Bagan, regularly cited as a “must do” when visiting Myanmar. But yesterday said the Ministry of Culture will ban temples full climb from March 1, in the wake of the popular reaction against the video performance of singing and dancing on top of the structure appears.

The ministry said in a post on his Facebook page that the decision that the medical company conducted a cultural display Pyathagyi Temple in the second week of February, describing the dancing and singing of the temples as it took him “ugly” effect on the culture of Myanmar.
“The long-term preservation,” the ministry said the ban also included the temples.
The growing number of local and foreign visitors Bagan – the number of foreigners has more than doubled since 2011, from 120,000 to 250,000 in the past year – I mean, hundreds of shows each night to climb the temples and the pressure on the old structures.
However, the operators of tourism companies in Bagan scathing of the decision, which they said was poorly designed and detrimental to the industry.
“I’m totally against the decision. The main reason tourists come here is to enjoy the scenery of the temples, this will damage the image of Bagan,” said U Zaw Win Cho, president of the Association of Bagan.
“We want this decision to reconsider. It can punish the company [medical] directly. If you believe that temples damages escalation, you should allow only the temples that have ancient art, has a strong structure, it can be said more than 300 people home. It is that would solve the problem. ”
Another employer in Bagan proposed must offer alternative sites before providing any ban.
“It grieves tourists when they visit Bagan, but is not allowed to climb the temples,” said U Khin Maung just returned from New Pagan, who runs a travel agency and a restaurant. It was a surprise the fact that companies also said that the ministry to consult with them before making decisions on the management of the archaeological area.
Pagan has more than 3,000 temples and ancient temples, of which five are particularly popular for watching the sunset: Shwesandaw, Thitsarwady, Pyathetgyi, Shwenanyindaw and OAH PAE Connie Chan.

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