Airport SIM & eSIM Prices

Pre-registered tourist SIM sold landside right at arrivals, ready to use in about 5 minutes with no separate passport paperwork at a shop in town — the fastest option straight off the plane.

A fresh SIM card plus a 30-day, 30GB data package bought together at an in-town Unitel shop — better value than the airport pack for a longer stay, but requires passport registration at the counter.

A higher-data top-up package for an existing Unitel SIM, aimed at longer-stay travelers or heavier data users who've outgrown the starter bundle.

Laos's state-owned carrier's basic tourist SIM, sold at the same airport counter row as Unitel — solid coverage in town but generally regarded as having a thinner rural/trekking-route network than Unitel.

The smallest of Laos's three carriers; reliably available in Vientiane but spottier in Luang Prabang, where it's better sourced from a town shop than assumed to be at the airport counter.