Due to up coming events; 2009 SEA games and 2010 celebrates the 450th anniversary of the establishment of Vientiane. Changes in guesthouse standards are on the rise, unfortunately so too are the number of tourists and the amount of noise.
Gone will be the days of sharing one squatter loo with 20 people!
From the 10th June guesthouses must have at least 15 rooms with adequate facilities. Guesthouses are being evaluated for upgrade or shutdown. Those that do not make the grade will most likely be guttered and turned into restaurants or mini markets.
The capital currently houses 5000 hotel and guesthouse rooms, by 2009 it will house
10 000.
Improvements will lift many prices outside the range of budget travellers, forcing them further from the city centre (not that it's a big city) to the outskirts, for a different Laos experience in Vientiane.
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