{"id":330,"date":"2026-06-18T08:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:15:28","slug":"mekong-tourism-forum-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Mekong Tourism Forum 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>2026 Mekong Tourism Forum<\/strong> wad held in Yangon, Myanmar, from June 16 to 18, 2026. Jointly organized by Myanmar&#8217;s Ministry of Hotels, Tourism and Culture and the MTCO, the forum\u2019s theme is <strong>&#8220;Tourism for People, Travel with Purpose.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosting the event at the Pan Pacific Hotel Yangon, the 2026 program shifts the spotlight onto people-centered, experience-driven travel. Key discussions center on how tourism can directly support local livelihoods, preserve living cultures, and foster inclusive workforce development. The event features a regional gastronomy exhibition and technical visits around Yangon and Bago to showcase local heritage and community-driven initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The 2026 Mekong Tourism Forum wad held in Yangon, Myanmar, from June 16 to 18, 2026. Jointly organized by Myanmar&#8217;s Ministry of Hotels, Tourism and Culture and the MTCO, the forum\u2019s theme is &#8220;Tourism for <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/?p=330\" title=\"Mekong Tourism Forum 2026\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[62,54],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-mekong","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahamekong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}