Published on : Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Due to the influx of a large amount of tourists from Asian countries mainly China there was a significant increase of the tourist arrivals during the period in Myanmar. Other countries which contributed were Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, India and Malaysia.
It was noted that the number of tourists from Europe went down as per the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population. It showed that the tourist arrivals on board ocean liners declined by 15 percent in 2019 and those entering through border gates increased by 144 percent.
In the year 2015 Myanmar received 4.6 million tourists , 2.91 million in 2016, 3.44 million in 2017 and 3.55 million in 2018. The numbers are likely to grow in 2019.