Myanmar
Junta “temporarily” suspends issuing permits allowing men to work abroad from 2 May.
Latest monthly intl arrivals
10,575
Jul 2020
Recovery vs 2019
3%
Jul 2019: 330,843
YTD Intl Arrivals
--
No 2024 data
Percent of 2024 Target
--%
of unknown target
Source: Intl arrivals - Ministry of Hotels & Tourism. Page last updated: 4 May 2024.
Latest Travel Industry News
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4-May-2024 🛬 inboundThe historic elephant enclosure in Bago Township that dates from the Hanthawady era will be preserved and transformed into a new tour. There may also be a new museum builtSource: gnlm.com.mm/bagos-historic-elephant-enclosure-to-transform-new-tour-destination/
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4-May-2024 🛬 inboundYangon will host a agriculture and livestock, hotel, restaurant and electronic expo from 28-30 JunSource: gnlm.com.mm/yangon-to-host-agriculture-livestock-hotel-restaurant-and-electronics-expo/
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3-May-2024 🛬 inboundThe junta has said that the country is producing around 50% of the electricity it needs, due to low rainfall, low gas yields and attacks on infrastructureSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-power-grid-meeting-half-of-countrys-needs-amid-conflict-junta.html
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3-May-2024 🛬 inboundThe junta has suspended issuing permits allowing men to work abroad “temporarily” from 2 MaySource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-bans-men-from-applying-to-work-abroad
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3-May-2024 🌏 outboundIssuance of Myanmar passports in 11 more cities will be via the online booking system from 2 MaySource: gnlm.com.mm/online-passport-booking-to-expand-to-11-cities/
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1-May-2024 🛬 inboundApproximately 40 people are dying daily in Myanmar due to the extreme heat, with 1,473 dying in Apr alone according to Radio Free AsiaSource: rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/regional-heat-wave-05012024165105.html
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30-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundAll museums under the Department of Archaeology and National Museum will open for free on 18 May to celebrate International Museum DaySource: gnlm.com.mm/all-museums-to-be-open-for-free-on-international-museum-day/
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29-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundMyanmar recorded its highest temperature in Apr 2024, of 48.2 deg C in Magway region, whilst Yangon saw 40 deg C and Mandalay 44 deg CSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-records-hottest-ever-april-temperature-of-482-deg-c
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26-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThe Thai Foreign Ministry Spokesperson called for a “more proactive ASEAN” to help resolve the conflict in Myanmar. Thailand proposed a meeting on the issue that would include Laos, as well as previous year’s chair Indonesia and next year’s chair MalaysiaSource: channelnewsasia.com/asia/thailand-urges-bigger-asean-role-resolving-myanmar-conflict-2021-coup-4295161
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26-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundMyanmar closed the border with Thailand near Myawaddy on 26 Apr after airstrikes on nearby areasSource: rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-border-closure-04262024071834.html
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26-Apr-2024 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International has signed an interline agreement with Etihad AirwaysSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02jy5qTy8WbApL43psDNnAT5ScAtpnc1z58FN88yS94tiEKgJ6fKVGReTfsCdNxvp1l
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26-Apr-2024 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International will now offer extra 5kg baggage allowance and one date change free of charge for return sectors for medical touristsSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02V9iKf4Emy4Z6DujLWLrENd4p8FioZHc752GoFvdVgQARbPfmQYAGEFVCeeEL4ctgl
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25-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThailand has proposed having a Troika meeting about a peace plan for Myanmar, with a committee made up of the immediate past chair of ASEAN, the current chair and the future chair (Indonesia, Laos and Malaysia)Source: bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2781584/thailand-proposes-peace-plan
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25-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundOmadanti Beach and Shwethaungyan beach in Ayeyawady Region saw 32,712 domestic visitors over ThingyanSource: gnlm.com.mm/omadanti-and-shwethaungyan-beaches-host-32712-domestic-visitors-over-thingyan/
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24-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThe United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has warned that the number of scam centres on the border of Thailand-Myanmar has grown after the closure of many on the China-Myanmar border. It also claimed that certain senior members of the Karen National Army were complicit in the illegal activitiesSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/us-think-tank-sounds-alarm-as-scam-centers-mushroom-on-myanmar-thai-border.html
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24-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThe Karen National Union has retreated from Myawaddy, after it seized it from junta control following a counteroffensive. The Thai government has said that many Myanmar civilians who crossed the borders into Thailand have now returnedSource: bangkokpost.com/world/2781365/myanmar-rebel-group-withdraws-from-border-town
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23-Apr-2024 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International has signed an interline agreement with Himalaya AirlinesSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid0FnRo7fA4BioPw6EAVZwpR46fBrVZBdvivJsf4qrhwcQsQiyazziUfTRazRTDNF5Kl
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23-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundAround 4,000 tourists visited Palin River View Elephant Camp in NyaungU Township in Mandalay Region over ThingyanSource: gnlm.com.mm/palin-river-view-elephant-camp-attracts-thousands-during-thingyan-festival/
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23-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundShwedagon Pagoda is set for a major renovation from 2024-2025, with re-gilding of the entire structure to take placeSource: gnlm.com.mm/shwedagon-pagoda-set-for-major-renovation-in-2024-25fy/
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20-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundASEAN has called on all sides to implement “an immediate cessation of violence”, saying they were “deeply concerned over the recent escalation of conflicts, including in the area of Myawaddy”Source: irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/asean-deeply-concerned-by-escalating-myanmar-violence.html
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19-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThailand is discussing whether it should expand its humanitarian assistance to MyanmarSource: thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/04/19/thailand-considering-expanding-humanitarian-aid-to-myanmar-says-official
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18-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundDespite a pro-regime media outlet reporting that Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, informed sources have told The Irrawaddy that she remains in prison in NaypyitawSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-suu-kyi-remains-in-prison-informed-sources.html
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18-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThe junta’s prisoner amnesty for Thingyan saw 3,000 prisoners released, but just a small percentage of those were political prisonersSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/new-year-old-tactic-myanmar-juntas-amnesty-skips-political-prisoners.html
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18-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThailand called on the junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi, and said that they welcomed the news that she was moved to house arrest. Former President, Win Myint, was moved to house arrest in Bago on 16 AprSource: rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/suu-kyi-thailand-04182024145538.html
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17-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundMin Aung Hlaing in his New Year message claimed that the coming year will be better than the last one, and that the junta is the guardian of the democratic processSource: irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/min-aung-hlaings-new-year-address-its-time-to-pray-for-myanmar.html
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17-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundChina has called on all parties to “stop the fighting, resolve disputes through dialogue and consultation and in peaceful means, and avoid any escalation of the situation”. It also announcd that it would hold air defense and live-fire drills near the Myanmar border from 17 AprSource: irrawaddy.com/news/myanmar-china-watch/china-ramps-up-pressure-for-myanmar-peace-talks-as-junta-loses-more-ground.html
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14-Apr-2024 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International will add an additional floight every Monday from Yangon to Dubai from 8 AprSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial
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13-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThe UNDP has reported that 49.7% of Myanmar’s population are living below the poverty line, doubling from 2017, and that “the situation is likely to have deteriorated further by the time of this report’s release”. It also noted that 25% more of the population were on the edge of the poverty lineSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/middle-class-rapidly-eroding-as-poverty-soars-in-myanmar-un
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13-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThe Thai PM has said that he will not permit military aircraft from Myanmar to enter Thai airspace, and that “if the conflict in Myanmar spills over into Thailand, that's unacceptable”. He has said that there are measures in place to accommodate the expected arrivals of Myanmar citizens over the borders from Myawaddy, as fighting intensifies and the town fell to the Karen National Union (KNU). Thailand has seen around 4,000 cross to Mae Sot from Myawaddy daily, doubling the previous numberSource: bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2775399/srettha-orders-border-secured
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12-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundAung San Suu Kyi is said to be held in solitary confinement in Naypyidaw PrisonSource: rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/whereabouts-04122024125817.html
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12-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThe UN has appointed Julie Bishop as its new UN special envoy to MyanmarSource: thaipbsworld.com/julie-bishops-new-myanmar-challenges/
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9-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundA charity has reported that it treated over 100 people in Yangon who passed out due to the heatwave in just the first week of April. Mandalay region’s Chauk Township registered 47 degrees CelsiusSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-extreme-heat-threatens-lives.html
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8-Apr-2024 🛬 inboundThe Directorate of Hotels and Tourism (Bagan Branch) has reported a “remarkable increase” in visitors in 2023 for domestic and international visitors, with 474,557 domestic visitors and 14,927 foreign visitors vs 280,848 domestic visitors in 2022 and 6,374 international visitorsSource: elevenmyanmar.com/news/bagan-tourism-booms-in-2023
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