Sharp drop in visits to Luang Prabang city in 2020

LUANG Prabang city recorded only 257,647 visitors in 2020, down 68% from 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from the province’s Information, Culture and Tourism Department

Of this number, 142,435 were foreign nationals and 133,212 were Lao. The overall figure of 257,647 was a decrease of 584,380 from the 860,035 people who visited the town in 2019.