Tourism in Myanmar
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AFGHANISTAN, 2017/09/09
Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the initial six months of 2017, some 36 million additional than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, increase was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010.
Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect strong request for international travel in the initial half of 2017, according to the new UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 6% compared to the same six-month period last year, well above the sustained and consistent trend of 4% or higher increase since 2010. This represents the strongest half-year in seven years.
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MYANMAR, 2014/03/24
The Mergui archipelago has been called the "Lost World", but outsiders have found it -- initial fishermen, poachers and loggers, and presently developers and high-end tourists. The people losing this world are the Moken, who have lived off the land and the sea for centuries.
Here hornbills break a primaeval silence as they flutter through soaring jungle canopy. Pythons slumber on the gnarled roots of eerie mangrove forests. Only rarely will you spot the people who live here: the Moken, shy, peaceful nomads of the sea.
The islands are thought to harbour some of the world's most significant marine biodiversity, and are a lodestone for those eager to experience one of Asia's last tourism frontiers before, as a lot of fear, it succumbs to the ravages that have befallen a lot of once-pristine seascapes.
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MYANMAR, 2014/02/17
Homestays are an increasingly popular way for travellers to immerse themselves in a foreign culture, and a lot of nations, inclunding in Southeast Asia, encourage such travel as a means of developing local economies.
Myanmar, however, is far behind the curve in this regard, as the government does not officially allow foreigners to spend the night in the homes of villagers.
One of the major benefits of homestays is that they allow people from different cultures to meet and learn from one an extra, but U Myint Tun Oo, the deputy director of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, sees this as a potentially negative aspect of the concept.
