Government is betting on travel arrangements with countries including Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
Myanmar’s military government is moving to reopen its tourism sector to foreigners early next year, seeking to lure visitors from Asia amid an easing Covid-19 outbreak even as the death toll from political violence continues to rise.
About 300,000 foreigners are expected in the first phase of the reopening, Htay Aung said. Later on Myanmar would look to allow visitors from Japan, China and South Korea, he added. Myanmar borders five countries — Thailand, China, India, Bangladesh and Laos — and still has a ban on international commercial flights imposed in the wake of the coup. Nearly 1,200 people have been killed and more than 7,000 have been detained since then, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a human-rights organisation.
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