Tourism down as Myanmar receives only around 900,000 foreign tourists in 11 months


YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar welcomed 977,154 foreign tourists during the first 11 months of 2024, an official from the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism told Xinhua .

This year's foreign tourist arrivals were down compared to the over 1.1 million foreign tourists who visited the country in the same period last year, he said.

The primary sources of foreign visitors to Myanmar are China, Thailand, Japan, and India, he added.

In 2023, 1.28 million foreign tourists visited Myanmar, according to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. - Xinhua

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