YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the golden pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 3.6 million visitors in the first six months of 2024, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees told Xinhua on Wednesday (July 17).
Among those visitors, over 36,000 were from foreign countries, he added.
During this period, countries with the most visits to the pagoda are China, Thailand, and Vietnam, he said.
The entrance fee for foreigners is 20,000 kyats (about US$9.5) per person, he added.
The visiting hour to the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is set from 4am to 10pm local time, starting from June 21 this year, according to the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees. - Xinhua
