Myanmar
Malaysian PM reports ceasefire between junta and NUG to be extended to support aid efforts; strikes continue over Thingyan.
Latest monthly intl arrivals
10,575
Jul 2020
Recovery vs 2019
3%
Jul 2019: 330,843
YTD Intl Arrivals
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No 2024 data
Percent of 2024 Target
--%
of unknown target
Source: Intl arrivals - Ministry of Hotels & Tourism. Page last updated: 20 Apr 2025.
Latest Travel Industry News
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18-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has pushed again its in Thingyan message that they will hold “free and fair elections” in Dec, and that they have offered to “solve ongoing conflicts through political means”. Air raids continued during the Thingyan holidays, with at least 26 reportedSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-boss-pushes-elections-in-thingyan-message.html
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18-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundSome of the ministries are planning to relocate to Yangon from Naypyitaw after buildings were destroyed during the earthquake. Those which are reported to be moving include the ministries of foreign affairs, hotels and tourism, immigration and population, and commerce and the Central BankSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-ministries-plan-yangon-relocation-after-quake.html
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18-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundOver one third of ministry staff housing is said to be destroyed or uninhabitable in Naypyitaw, with an assessment still ongoingSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regime-leak-reveals-naypyitaw-housing-decimated-by-quake.html
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18-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundYangon Region Tourism Committee has reported new investments worth 3.77 billion kyats in the hotel sector. 4 licences have been granted at a meeting in Apr 2025, with 65 hotel licences renewed. It also approved 49 new hotel licnences and 10 new domestic pilgrimage tour certificatesSource: gnlm.com.mm/hotel-sector-attracts-k3-77b-worth-new-investments-in-yangon-region/
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18-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe Malaysian PM has reported that a ceasefire between the junta and the National Unity Government would be extended to support aid effortsSource: malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2025/04/18/pm-anwar-myanmar-junta-opposition-agree-to-extend-ceasefire-for-aid-efforts/173523
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17-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has said that it received just 10% of the funds that it had appealed for to help after the earthquake, noting that 200,000 pepple are living on the streets as they do not have safe homes to return toSource: rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/red-cross-faces-funding-shortage-myanmar-earthquake-relief/
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17-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta will release 4,893 prisoners in an amnesty for ThingyanSource: channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-junta-free-nearly-5000-prisoners-amnesty-5071441
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11-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe UN Human Rights office has reported that the junta have allegedly launched over 120 attacks since the earthquake, noting that it may have violated international humanitarian law in doing so. It called on the junta to “remove any and all obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian assistance and to cease military operations”Source: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/un-denounces-myanmar-junta-attacks-amid-earthquake-devastation.html
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11-Apr-2025 👨✈️ aviationInternational flights to and from Mandalay Airport will be temporarily suspended until further noticeSource: web.facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid0nNrcfNwVUfpWQp7CqcQx6Vh4QpuV3KmzsNcbRoZ7spbaB95ZrYJc6haPZPdmHi3Fl
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10-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta have reported that nearly 50,000 residential buildings, and 5,275 pagodas and stupas in Naypyitaw, Mandalay, Sagaing, Bago regions and Shan State have been destroyed or damaged in the earthquake. Communications and electricity are still not formally restoredSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/earthquake-destroyed-50000-houses-in-central-myanmar-junta.html
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9-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe UN has said that fighting has slowed down in Myanmar since the temporary ceasefire with a “very, very significant slowdown”Source: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/un-sees-significant-slowdown-in-myanmar-fighting-since-truce.html
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9-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe Global New Light of Myanmar has reported that there are “moderate tourist arrivals” to Bagan over the Thingyan holiday. The Local Pilgrimage and Tourism Service Association announced on 1 Apr that it is possible to travel to other regions except for Mandalay and Sagaing regions, based on reports from tour operatorsSource: gnlm.com.mm/moderate-tourist-arrivals-to-bagan-recorded/
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9-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThailand’s foreign minister has said that Myanmar is still in need of medicl assistance, field hospitals and sheltersSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-still-in-desperate-need-after-quake-thailand-says
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9-Apr-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International will restore its scheduled flights from Mandalay from 4 Apr, and from Naypyitaw from 9 AprSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02ZzU2kL94dhxuNascNsnthWzxfy9yCE6gAx1hvsdqRNGeGPz5BkN6fmTSjuU4spoFl
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7-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe rail network damaged by the earthquake has now been repaired, and trains are operational between Mandalay, Naypyitaw and Yangon from 6 AprSource: facebook.com/argus.tuft.982/posts/pfbid02Hp2Pk3LnzfxbFAWRgVa4s7fkfEt2wfEw5f4ofpvjzRABWQJXc8a944zX4zG8EBTel
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6-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe death toll from the earthquake has grown to 3,471, with 4,671 injured and 214 missing. Many Mandalay residents are still sleeping outside in tents, as the UN aid chief called for aidSource: bangkokpost.com/world/2996812/rain-complicates-recovery-in-quake-hit-myanmar-as-death-toll-rises
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5-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundTourist visas/ e-visas applications for international travellers to visit Myanmar are suspended. Business visas will continue to be accepted, but may see a delay in processingSource: evisa.moip.gov.mm/common-items/announcement
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5-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe death toll from the earthquake has grown to 3,354 and 4,850 injured and 220 missingSource: bangkokpost.com/world/2996332/myanmar-quake-death-toll-at-3-354
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5-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has told Indian PM that they are still planning to hold “free and fair” elections in Dec, whilst Modi called for the temporary ceasefire to be made permanent and that elections must be “credible”. The UN Office of the High commissioner for Human Rights has accused the junta of restricting aid supplies to areas held by opponents, and that it was investigating reports of 16 airstrikes by the junta which took place after the ceasefire was declaredSource: bangkokpost.com/world/2996332/myanmar-quake-death-toll-at-3-354
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4-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe death toll has grown to 3,145 from the earthquake, including 2,053 in Mandalay Region, Naypyitaw 511, Sagaing Region 471 and southern Shan State 66Source: irrawaddy.com/news/world/live-updates-death-tolls-rises-election-plans-reaffirmed-54-juntas-attacks-since-quake-and-more.html
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4-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta undertook air strikes on Sagaing Region and Kachin State on 3 Apr, after it had just declared a ceasefire for relief operations until 22 Apr. China had called on the junta to ensure safety of aid and relief workers after an attack on a Chinese Red Cross convoySource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-airstrikes-breach-quake-ceasefire.html
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4-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe UN Aid chief will arrive into Myanmar on 4 Apr, with the special envoy for Myanmar also arriving to Myanmar in the coming days. The UN Secretary-General called for “every effort to transform this tragic moment into an opportunity for the people of Myanmar"Source: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/un-aid-chief-to-arrive-in-myanmar-on-april-4
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4-Apr-2025 👨✈️ aviationThe first commercial flights operated out of Mandalay Airport on 4 Apr, to and from YangonSource: facebook.com/argus.tuft.982/posts/pfbid0rRS169jpJSRxDv8U1EFSVyujbxLrjtf3qANpZ98bU6ZE9NGVabQJGjH4xmTevxQZl
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3-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has announced that the death toll has grown to 3,085 with 4,715 injured and 341 still missing as of 3 Apr, but that the numbers were expected to grow. The Indian Army has established a 200-bed field hospital in Mandalay with 118 staffSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/live-updates-death-toll-exceeds-3000-indian-army-field-hospital-begins-operations-70-aftershocks-within-a-week-and-more.html
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2-Apr-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has admitted that its troops fired on a Chinese Red Cross convoy carrying aid supplies on 1 Apr, saying that it had not notified authorities of its travel plans, and that the shots fired were only warning shotsSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-admits-firing-on-chinese-quake-relief-convoy.html
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31-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundAround 700 Muslims died in the earthquake and 60 mosques were destroyed in Mandalay and Sagaing regions, with some of them dating from the 19th century. The earthquake happened during Friday prayers, and the condition of the mosques was said to have deteriorated as maintenance was deniedSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/up-to-700-myanmar-muslims-killed-in-quake-hit-mosques-weakened-by-neglect.html
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30-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundThe UN humanitarian aid agency OCHA has stated that it is mobilising emergency response efforts, but that response was being slowed down by a lack of medical supplies, and damaged roads and communication infrastructure. It also reported that hospitals and health facilities had undergone extensive damage or been destroyed, with hospitals in Mandalay, Magway and Nay Pyi Daw “struggling to cope with the influx of people injured”. The WHO reported that it has sent 3 tonnes of medical supplies to hospitals, whilst the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies were “racing against time” to rescue survivorsSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/humanitarian-operation-in-myanmar-hindered-by-damaged-roads-and-infrastructure-says-un-agency
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30-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundAt least 1,644 people have been killed, 3,400 were injured and 139 are reported missing, according to the junta in a statement on 29 Mar. The National Unity Government in a statement has declared a 2-week partial ceasefire and that it would coordinate with UN and NGOs to facilitate aidSource: bangkokpost.com/world/2990889/aftershocks-rattle-mandalay-as-rescuers-search-for-survivors-in-myanmar-quake
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30-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundTeams from China, Russia and India have arrived into Myanmar with professional rescuers, medical personnel and equipment. More than 600 monasteries, 300 pagodas, 60 schools and 3 bridges were destroyed in the region, with damage reported on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway and some dams in Upper MyanmarSource: bangkokpost.com/world/2990794/myanmar-quake-toll-reaches-1-644-as-foreign-rescue-teams-arrive
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30-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta continued air strikes after the earthquake, a move condemned by the UN special rapporteur who said that at last 3 airstrikes in the Sagaing region were carried out, calling it “nothing short of incredible”Source: abc.net.au/news/2025-03-30/myanmar-earthquake-prompts-partial-ceasefire/105113590
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30-Mar-2025 👨✈️ aviationThe control tower at Naypyidaw International Airport has collapsed after the earthquakeSource: travelradar.aero/control-tower-collapses-in-myanmar-earthquake/
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29-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundThe US has pledged aid to Myanmar following the earthquakeSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/trump-says-us-will-help-after-myanmar-quake.html
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29-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundIntrepid Travel has launched an emergency appeal via the Intrepid Foundation, with all donations matched up to $100,000 AUDSource: intrepidtravel.com/en/newsroom/releases/intrepid-travel-launches-myanmar-earthquake-appeal
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28-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundMass casualties are expected from the earthquake that hit Myanmar close to Mandalay on 28 MarSource: irrawaddy.com/video/mass-casualties-feared-from-myanmar-earthquake.html
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28-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundThe Ava Bridge, known as the Old Sagaing Bridge and 91 years old, collapsed after the earthquake on 28 Mar. It connects Mandalay and Sagaing regionsSource: irrawaddy.com/news/colonial-era-ava-bridge-over-irrawaddy-river-collapses-during-earthquake.html
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28-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundRed Cross has reported that buildings and public infrastructure have seen damage from the earthquake, and that there are concerns over the safety for the large-scale dams. The regions most impacted were in the northwest of the countrySource: straitstimes.com/asia/myanmar-quake-damaged-buildings-and-infrastructure-causes-concern-over-dams-red-cross-says
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28-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundNay Pyi Taw Hospital has seen heavy damage from the earthquake, and is treating hundreds of injuredSource: bangkokpost.com/world/2989939/lines-of-wounded-at-myanmar-hospital-after-powerful-quake
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28-Mar-2025 👨✈️ aviationNay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Airports will be closed and flights to and from the airports cancelled from 28 Mar until further notice due to the earthquakeSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02GRXdMCwyqDisuUYUH3QFZLxkPN9XX1XuggmgsUcNbpeQ7d8xui44x6jovWFS61HKl
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28-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundBuildings at the junta’s military HQ in Nay Pyi Taw are reported to have collapsed during the earthquakeSource: facebook.com/theirrawaddy/posts/pfbid02qnd5GH6bcdSELCCGNx4oMGEg8LPeSFTL9pgAkWq7VpLgumQb3wE2kqGKjC6ewgqZl
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28-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has declared a state of emergency across 6 regions, and called for international humanitarian aid after the earthquakeSource: facebook.com/ChannelNewsAsia/posts/pfbid02C5Ff53WbJQYD6NGXTkpBEdyD5WdF4XQVDYuSiUMrzWFmvoucKpwTWp7AJp4DXK4nl
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28-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundA 7.7 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 10km hit near Mandalay on Friday afternoon, with an aftershock of 6.4 recorded 11 minutes laterSource: bangkokpost.com/world/2990019/strong-quake-leaves-at-least-20-dead-in-myanmar
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27-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has once again said that they will hold a “dignified” election, and that the necessary preparations are underway for a “free and fair and multi-party democratic election"Source: channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-junta-preparing-december-election-top-general-says-5028076
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27-Mar-2025 🛬 inboundLocal tour operators are expecting domestic tourism to rise over Thingyan, visiting destinations like Nay Pyi Taw, Mandalay and Inle Lake, with more travellers this year than in 2024Source: gnlm.com.mm/domestic-tourism-expected-to-increase-this-thingyan-compared-to-last-year/
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