Myanmar's famous golden monument - the Shwedagon Pagoda - attracts 80,000 foreign visitors in 2023


YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda also known as the golden pagoda in Myanmar attracted over 10 million visitors including nearly 80,000 foreign visitors in 2023, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees told Xinhua on Monday.

The country with the most visits to the pagoda is China, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan, he said.

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