Laos老挝旅游全英文PPT

Geography
► Lao PDR is a landlocked country and lies among Thailand, Myanmar, China, Vietnam and Cambodia.
► The total land area is approximately 237,000 sq km—an area similar to that of the United Kingdom.
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Capital: Vientiane Official language: Lao Official currency: Kip
National flag
► The white disk symbolizes the unity of the people under the leadership of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the country's bright future.
Population
► The Lao people are known for their gentle polite nature and for their charming hospitality.
► There are three major ethnic groups in Laos: Laos Loum (老龙族), Lao Theung (老听族), and Lao Sung (老松族), which are further divided in to 68 ethnic groups
Economy
►Heavily reliant on foreign aid —mainly from Sweden, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and Australia—the Lao economy hah been making remarkable progress up until 1997.
►The dry season lasts from November to May with the cooler period in December and January.
►The rainy season and rainfall varies according to altitude. Generally, the rainy season produces heavy rains that last for short periods of time.
►After experiencing many wares caused either by foreign invaders or domestic fighters, Laos people declared their independence and the founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on December 2, 1975.
History
►For much of its history, Laos has been under the thumb of its neighbors —at various times, the Cambodians, Burmese, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Siamese ( Thais ).
Economy
Tuktuk – “taxi” in Lao
► Laos still struggles with a very basic infrastructure:
► Many roads are impassable during the monsoon, and there are no railways.
► The red stripes stand for the blood shed by the people in their struggle for freedom .
► The blue stripe symbolizes their prosperity.
Laos national flower is the Plumeria (champa).
► However, when Thailand—Laos’s chief trading partner—was brought low by the 1997 economic crisis, Laos was also hardly hit, with growth rates dropping to just 1.5%.
Economy
► 1 CNY=1206.0038 LAK ► Laos is one of the poorest
and least visited countries in the world. ► 80% of the country’s workforce is involved in subsistence agriculture, which makes up about half of the GDP, with glutinous rice the country’s main agricultural product.
► Only laLeabharlann Baiduge urban areas have access to regular power supplies.
►
Geography
Mekong River
► The main features of the country are its mountains and the Mekong River valley.
► Over half of Laos is forest.
Climate
►Laos has a monsoon climate with a dry and a wet season.