Myanmar's famed Shwedagon Pagoda attracts over eight million visitors in 2024


YANGON (Xinhua): The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 8.65 million visitors in 2024, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees have confirmed.

Among these, over 90,000 were foreign visitors, with the majority coming from China, Thailand and Vietnam, he said.

This marks an increase of over 10,000 in foreign visitors compared to 2023, he said.

However, the overall number of visitors in 2024 decreased compared to 2023, when the pagoda attracted over 10 million visitors, he added. - XInhua

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