Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda attracts over 3.45 million visitors in five months


The Shwedagon Pagoda is open daily from 4am to 10pm local time. - Xinhua

YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 3.45 million visitors during the first five months of this year, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees, told Xinhua on Wednesday (June 10)

From January to May, over 34,000 foreign visitors visited the pagoda, with the most coming from China and Thailand, he said.

The Shwedagon Pagoda is open daily from 4am to 10pm local time. - Xinhua

 

 

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