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For tourists hoping to travel to the Southeast Asia region, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR, or Laos) has not often been a first choice. In fact, according to the ASEANstats data portal, the landlocked nation of just over 7.1 million people ranks near last in visitor arrivals within mainland Southeast Asia. There is a particularly dramatic difference between Laos and neighboring Thailand, where cities like Bangkok and Chiang Mai have become powerhouses of intern