July 25
Myanmar has to make preparation to be readiness to give services as good opportunity comes out for penetrating into the Russian tourism market, said Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism Dr Htay Aung in meeting with officials of Directorate of Hotels and Tourism from Mandalay Region and PyinOoLwin township and the PwinOoLwin hotel zone chairman and executives on 23 July.
Arrangements are being made to conduct the Russian language course in Yangon in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, adding local authorities, private sector and local people are to cooperate with each other in successfully holding the Russian language course for hotels and tourism services in PyinOoLwin to be conducted by the Defence Services Academy.
The Union Minister also met with senior military officers from Defence Services Academy and PyinOoLwin hotel zone to discuss opening of Russian language course in the township.
In meeting with PyinOoLwin Township Administration Body and officials of PyinOoLwin hotel zone at Nan Htaik Thu Hotel, the Union Minister urged officials to cooperate with hotels and tourism organizations to implement the running of steam locomotive train trip.
While in Mandalay, the Union minister held talks with faculty members from Mandalay University of Foreign Languages and Mandalar University about conducting the Russian language course in Mandalay.
In meeting with Mandalay Region Economic Minister U Thein Htay and officials, the Union minister stressed the need to prevent new variants of Covid-19 and abide by health and safety protocols issued by the ministry, urging officials of hotels and lodges to follow the implementation of Guest List Management System (GLMS).—MNA
