Govt adviser calls for ban on overland Chinese visitors
We need to control those coming to Myanmar, and make sure they follow the rules.”
We need to control those coming to Myanmar, and make sure they follow the rules.”
Should tourists still visit Mrauk U? After the deadly protests last month, DVB takes a look at how the community is reacting and how tourism is being affected.
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At the forefront of Burma’s proposal to UNESCO will be a pledge to relocate hotels and buildings that interfere with the ancient ruins.
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Thailand and Burma have vowed to stimulate tourism and raise the number of visitors between the neighbouring nations to 1.5 million by 2020.
Thai provinces on the Andaman coast are keen to expand maritime tourism to Burma as part of regional efforts to draw more tourists to the two countries.
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ADB estimates that tourism will account for 8.4 percent and 8.3 percent of GDP in 2016 and 2017, respectively.
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News of the new routes is sure to well received by intrepid travellers, who no longer have to queue up at a Burmese embassy for consecutive days to get a stamp to enter the country.
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Flooding and landslides have devastated 12 of 14 Burmese states and divisions, but tourism operators have reported that the industry has been largely unaffected.
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With the recent influx of foreign nationals into the country proving lucrative, significant investments are made to take advantage of likely continued rise.
The Hotel and Tourism Ministry is to construct a hotel zone in the Kanpetlet region of Chin State, announced Aye Kyaw from the Tourism Federation. The hotel zone was formulated[…]
Mandalay Region leads other cities and tourist destinations in Burma with 302 new hotels approved, according to data from the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. Out of 960 hotels granted[…]
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Panellists on DVB Debate discuss Burma is ready for the onslaught of tourists predicted this year, and raise concerns about high hotel prices and limited accommodation.
Burma’s tourism minister has called for hotel prices to be regulated ahead of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in December or risk derailing the country’s nascent tourism industry
An influx of diplomatic and business delegations is threatening the sustainability of Burma’s tourism industry by shooting up prices and squeezing out budget travellers
Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos to join hands in promoting ‘Four Countries: One Destination’ but the pro-boycott lobby stands strong
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World Bank to loan US$100 million for Irrawaddy River basin; Burma, Israel sign bilateral trade agreement; Tourists from 67 countries now eligible for E-visas; Thai energy giant fires up coal power plant project
The Burmese government has added 24 more countries to the list of nationalities eligible to apply online for tourist visas. Commonly known as E-visas, there is now a total of[…]
President Thein Sein officially brought a member of the opposition into his inner circle yesterday with the appointment of National Democratic Force (NDF)’s Tin Shwe to the military-dominated cabinet
The National League for Democracy (NLD) will not attend a meeting hosted by the military-formed Union Election Commission, said the NLD official at a press conference held at the NLD[…]
“At the age of 10, I got my tattoos,” says Ma Lha Sen.
Australian investors keen to access Burma’s mining industry and replicate lessons learned from the island nation’s mining boom years raise questions about taxation, policy constraints and bureaucracy at a panel discussion in Rangoon.
Similar to the establishment of the EU, the AEC also seeks to create free mobility of goods, services, investment, capital and skilled labour.
The Singapore-based hotel and flight booking agent has announced a list of its top ten Asian destinations that are seeing the fastest growth in visitors from Europe.
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Burma’s parliament on Tuesday passed a bill amending the 2016 Union Budget Law to cut spending in 14 government ministries.
In his first move as president-elect, Htin Kyaw has called for cutting the number of ministries from 36 to 21.
The museum chronicling the ancient kingdom of Mrauk-U, one of Burma’s most important cultural sites, is housed in a poorly lit building devoid of visitors.
BUSINESS in BURMA THIS WEEK: Rangoon green lights second economic zone; tourism; development; sanctions; and timber industry news.
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Foreign tourists may soon be able to visit Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos on a single visa.
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In business this week; Thai energy drinks look to expand in Burma, Myanmar Airlines welcome a new Boeing, and talk of debt and deficit in Burma’s economy.
Burma attracted US$8.01 billion in foreign direct investment in the last fiscal year, with oil and gas the leading sector.