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Chinese firm to build five-star hotel in Laos |
Yunnan Copper Mining, a Chinese state-owned company, is scheduled
to start construction of a five-star hotel with investment of 5
million U.S. dollars in Laos' Luang Prabang province, one of the
country's hottest destinations for foreign tourists, in August,
according to Lao newspaper Vientiane Times on Thursday.
Covering an area of 40 hectares, the 200-room hotel will feature
Lao traditional architecture to maintain the charm of the world
heritage town of Luang Prabang in the northern province, and
include a gym, entertainment venues, a healthcare center and sport
clubs. Deputy director of the Luang Prabang Tourism Administration,
Khamtan Somphanvilay, said investment of Chinese companies in
tourism facilities in the province was initiated in 2006 when Lao
President Choummaly Sayasone visited the Chinese province of
Yunnan. The Luang Prabang province is now home to 178 guesthouses
with 2,000 rooms and 30 hotels with 600 rooms. The maximum number
of tourists it is able to host is around 3,000 people, said
president of the Guesthouse and Hotel Association in Luang Prabang,
Khoun Chanthaboupha.
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