the tourism sector is now the second largest income earner in Laos after the mining sector, according to a recent tourism
statistics report.
given the significance of the sector, which generated about US$514 million last year, the government is committed to further
developing facilities and service staff to attract more overseas visitors
Laos has a population of just over 6 million people,and the number of tourist arrivals amounted to about half this figure in 2012, up 22 percent compared to the previous years.
The number of tourist arrivals has increased continuously since the government launched the "visit Laos Year" campaign in 1999-2000, despite the recent global economic downturn