Cross-border passenger service on the China-Laos Railway will notably boost Laos' tourism.
VIENTIANE, April 9 : The arrival of Chinese visitors is"a boon" for businesses that depend on tourism, said Noy Savanh, a food vendor at a night market in this capital city.
Cross-border passenger service on the China-Laos Railway will notably boost Laos' tourism, the country's top priority in revitalizing its economy. The first cross-border passenger service between the Lao capital Vientiane and Kunming, the capital city of southwest China's Yunnan province, will be operational on April 13 ahead of the Lao New Year holiday, which falls on April 14-16.
As the China-Laos railway becomes a crucial factor in facilitating travel, the Lao tourism authorities anticipate that around 368,000 Chinese travelers will visit Laos in 2023, up 21 percent compared to 2022. Also, some people are looking forward to taking a train to China when the cross-border passenger service starts operation.
Since the China-Laos Railway came into operation in December 2021, it has seen an increasing demand for its services. From January to February, the railway of the Lao section carried 417,400 passengers, up 256.2 percent compared to the same period in 2022.As more passengers travel on the railway, the Laos-China Railway Company officially launched its ticketing mobile application on March 15, allowing passengers to book and manage their journeys on mobile devices.
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