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News Myanmar » Tourism: Myanmar to enhance tourism links with Russia through new direct flights
MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Myanmar plans to launch direct flights with Russia to other cities in addition to the ones that already exist to Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s Prime Minister Min ...
News Myanmar » Tourism: Tourism Resilience and Humanity To Assist Myanmar & Thailand Jamaica-Style
The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center responds when tourism regions get into trouble. Today, the center offered any possible assistance to Myanmar and Thailand after the deadly ...
News Myanmar » Tourism: Myanmar struggling to handle new surge in visitors
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Now that Myanmar is opening to the outside world, good luck getting a hotel room. Travelers and eager investors are pouring in to explore one of Asia’s most untouched countries, ...
News Myanmar » Tourism: Spectacular lake festival in Myanmar shines despite political upheaval and natural disasters
INLE LAKE, Myanmar — Myanmar’s Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival, a major Buddhist celebration and world-class tourist attraction, has seen some of its celebratory spirit diminished, with locals and ...
News Myanmar » Tourism: Myanmar Suspends Issuance of Tourist Visas for International Travelers Following Catastrophic Earthquakes
The Ministry of Immigration and Population in Myanmar has announced that the issuance of tourist visas for international travelers has been temporarily suspended following the catastrophic earthquakes ...
News Myanmar » Tourism: Week in Review: Earthquake Hits Myanmar, Recession Not Slowing Travel
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand Friday afternoon (local time), likely resulting in several dozen deaths. The epicenter was in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city with a ...
News Myanmar » Tourism: UN Tourism’s Collective Duty on The Myanmar Earthquake by Gloria Guevara and Harry Theoharis
UN Tourism Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvil was campaigning in China using UN funds to travel first class for his controversial third re-election campaign. He overlooked the death and destruction ...
News Myanmar » Tourism: Myanmar tourism escapes worst of earthquake harm
Although the earthquake was felt all over Myanmar, damage was minimal. Taninthayi, Yangon, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions and some regions in Rakhine and Shan State (South) and coastal regions were hit ...
News Myanmar » Tourism: Pumping Up Myanmar’s Junta With Guns, Trade, and Tourism
Who is funding and delivering arms to the military junta in Myanmar is emerging as a hot-button issue within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Tom Andrews, the United Nations Special ...