title: National Tourism Administration (Laos)
text: # National Tourism Administration (Laos)
  
  The Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA) is the government agency responsible for managing, promoting, and developing the tourism industry of Laos. The LNTA is a ministry-level agency, reporting directly to the prime minister's office.
  
  As of 2008, the chairman of the LNTA was Somphong Mongkhonvilay. LNTA's headquarters is in Vientiane.
  
  