What infrastructure development priorities have been identified to facilitate travel in Myanmar?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | U Htay Aung, Minister of Hotels and Tourism: Interview from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Interviews & Viewpoints | Chali Sophonpanich, Managing Director, Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake Yangon: Interview from The Report: Myanmar 2015
What risks do hoteliers face in expanding operations in emerging countries such as Myanmar? How can these risks be managed?
According to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism the number of international entrants to Myanmar in 2013 doubled to 2m from the previous year, with data showing that during the first half of 2014 a 40% year-on-year increase in arrivals was also recorded. The government is hoping to channel the industry’s short-term growth into long-term benefits for the country. In June 2013 the ministry...
Over the past few years Myanmar has experienced a number of dramatic transitions that have restructured its economy, rapidly changing its unique landscape and gradually enriching the social welfare of its people. These changes have placed modern-day Myanmar back on the international investment radar and have seen the nation coined “the Last Frontier”.
Growing international interest in Myanmar, following the easing of sanctions by the West, has led to a period of unprecedented growth in the tourism industry and has seen visitor numbers soar to 2m last year from 300,000 in 2010, according to governmental data.
The “Golden Land”, officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and formerly as Burma, has undergone dramatic reforms in recent years under the administration of President U Thein Sein. The rapid transition from a military junta to an open economy has surprised the global community and will see Myanmar assume the ASEAN chair for the first time in 2014.