Tag: Bagan

2019 MIST Winners Announced

This year, MIST was held in Bangkok together with the new Travel Startups Asia Forum, featuring startup stories from successful travel ventures and MIST Alumni. The opening keynote was given by Senator and former Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand HE Mr Weerasak Kowsurat who linked the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship to tourism development in Thailand and the Mekong Region. The closing keynote was given by founder of Nok Airways Mr Patee Sarasin, who gave valuable insights from his experiences in starting an airline in Southeast Asia.

The Journey Begins in Mystical Myanmar

A golden mystery up heaved itself on the horizon – a beautiful, winking wonder that blazed in the sun, of a shape that was neither Muslim dome nor Hindu temple spire,” wrote Rudyard Kipling in 1898. “There’s the old Shway Dagon,” said his companion. “This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know.”

Bagan Death Railway Museum Gulf of Martaban Inle Lake Kachin State Kengtung Kyaikthanlan Pagoda Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock) Pagoda Mae Sot Mandalay Mount Popa Myanmar Myitkyina Ngapali Beach Shan State Shwedagon Pagoda Sri Kittara archaeological site Yangon Yangon-Mandalay Express