Festival chaos as hot-air balloon crashes
A balloon laden with 65kg of fireworks crashed onto a crowd of revellers at the Tasaungdaing Hot Air Balloon Festival in Pyin Oo Lwin.
A balloon laden with 65kg of fireworks crashed onto a crowd of revellers at the Tasaungdaing Hot Air Balloon Festival in Pyin Oo Lwin.
Lead Story News Shan Travel & Tourism
Plans to build stages for viewing Taunggyi’s annual hot-air balloon contests are scrapped after local groups protest the commercialization of the event.
Lead Story News Shan Travel & Tourism
Residents of Taunggyi say that commercialization of Taunngyi’s annual hot-air balloon contests will come at the expense of local people.
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Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
Eighteen floating bungalows at the Inle Khaung Daing Village Resort on the west bank of Inle Lake were burnt down in a blaze caused by fireworks fired from a hot air balloon on 16 December. No casualties were reported.