Myanmar
United States lifts some of its sanctions on allies of the junta without explanation.
Latest monthly intl arrivals
10,575
Jul 2020
Recovery vs 2019
3%
Jul 2019: 330,843
YTD Intl Arrivals
--
No 2024 data
Percent of 2024 Target
--%
of unknown target
Source: Intl arrivals - Ministry of Hotels & Tourism. Page last updated: 27 Jul 2025.
Latest Travel Industry News
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26-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundThe Ministry of Hotels and Tourism will undertake inbound and outbound tourism surveys in 30 townships in 2025, which will look at tourism needs, develop plans, explore new tourism destinations, improve services and look at tourism promotion. They are also hoped to boost the number of visitors and promote marine tourismSource: gnlm.com.mm/tourism-surveys-to-be-conducted-in-30-townships-nationwide-by-2025/
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25-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundThe United States has lifted some of its sanctions on allies of the junta, a move not explained by the Treasury Department. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called the removal “extremely worrying”, and that this suggests that a “major sgift is underway in US policy”Source: bangkokpost.com/business/general/3075541/us-lifts-sanctions-on-myanmar-junta-allies-after-general-praises-trump
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22-Jul-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International will launch Yangon-Bodh Gaya flights from 1 Oct via its partner Myanmar Getaway Travel & ToursSource: web.facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02rTMG6GZPGkfh3BXMigb92LVJ2TwBTonrrMhRFX7QVdXAsgvAmKGnymnC68XJemsQl
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21-Jul-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International will partner with WorldTicket to give it access to its 190 markets through the W2 ticketing platformSource: travelandtourworld.com/news/article/myanmar-airways-international-accelerates-market-expansion-and-interline-connectivity-with-powerful-worldticket-collaboration/
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18-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta is offering cash rewards to fighters who desert their armed groups and “return to the legal fold with arms and ammunition”Source: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-offers-cash-rewards-to-anti-coup-defectors
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18-Jul-2025 🛬 inbound15 hotel development projects in Taninthayi Region have been approved, whilst 17 new licences were issued for hotels and guesthouse businesses. Kawthoung also reported 59 visits by foreign yachts, 600 same day tourist trips and 5,686 international tourist arrivalsSource: gnlm.com.mm/taninthayi-approves-15-new-hotels-welcomes-5600-foreign-tourists-in-june/
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18-Jul-2025 🛬 inbound20,000 residents are reported to have been displaced by junta arson attacks to clear 30 villages in Nyaung-U Township with rumours that Min Aung Hlaing is planning to visit Bagan’s UNESCO World Heritage siteSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/more-than-20000-displaced-as-myanmar-junta-burns-homes-around-world-heritage-site.html
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17-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta is expected to hand back power to the National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) from 1 Aug, after the current state of emergency expires in line with holding the elections in Dec 2025. However, the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is head of both the State Administration Council and the NDSC, with analysts foreseeing no changes in the transition periodSource: irrawaddy.com/news/politics/myanmar-juntas-power-transfer-looms-but-real-control-to-remain-with-regime-boss.html
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16-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundThe Myanmar tourism promotion booth was present at the “In Siberia – THERE is!” Gastronomic and Tourism Fair in Novosibirsk, Russia, with traditional cuisine and tourism destinations showcasedSource: moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/news/18396
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15-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundThe Bagan Archaeological Museum has seen 18,700 visitors in H1 2025, generating 22 million kyats. 402 of the visitors were international touristsSource: gnlm.com.mm/bagan-archaeological-museum-receives-18700-visitors-earns-k-22-million-in-6-months/
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15-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundMyanmar saw 500,125 international visitors in H1 2025, lower than 2024’s 601,640. The majority of the visitors were from China, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and IndiaSource: thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2025/07/15/myanmar-welcomes-over-500000-foreign-tourists-in-h1-2025
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14-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundOver 500 civilians and soldiers crossed into Thailand following an attack by the Karen National Liberation Army on a military base in Kayin state on 12 JulSource: laotiantimes.com/2025/07/14/hundreds-of-myanmar-troops-civilians-flee-across-thai-border/
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14-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundFrom 1 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026, Russian nationals can visit Myanmar for tourism and business visa-free for up to 30 daysSource: oreanda-news.com/en/v_mire/russian-tourists-have-been-given-the-opportunity-to-travel-to-myanmar-for-30-days-/article1565407/
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11-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has called on the US to lower its proposed 40% tariff rate on Myanmar exports, proposing for a reduced rate of 10-20%, and Myanmar cutting its levies to 0-10%Source: bangkokpost.com/business/general/3067281/myanmar-junta-chief-asks-trump-for-sharp-reduction-in-40-tariff-rate
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11-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta leader has praised Trump for closing down US-backed media which had provided independent coverage of the country, as well as the fact that the letter Trump sent noting the tariffs was personally addressed to Min Aung Hlaing by name, the first public acknowledgement of the junta by the USSource: channelnewsasia.com/asia/trump-tariffs-myanmar-junta-recognition-letter-5233451
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11-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundASEAN has agreed that an election in Myanmar is not a priority, and that efforts should be focused on peace instead, noting that it is not part of the five-point plan agreed by ASEAN in 2021Source: channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-election-not-priority-asean-malaysia-5233301
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8-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundChina is said to have threatened to stop buying minerals mined in Kachin Independence Army (KIA) territories unless the KIA stops trying to seize full control of Bhamo, a town 100km away from the Chinese border that is a key supplier of heavy rare earths, with the demand allegedly made in May 2025Source: straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-chinas-ultimatum-to-myanmar-rebels-threatens-global-supply-of-heavy-rare-earths
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7-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundThe Domestic Pilgrimage and Tour Operator Association (DPTOA) will organise a second study tour to Ayeyawady Region, where they will visit key pilgrimage sites. They noted that the first group saw 200 participants, and that they will continue to arrange these toursSource: gnlm.com.mm/dptoa-plans-second-study-tour-to-ayeyawady-region/
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7-Jul-2025 🛬 inboundOver 3,000 refugees are said to have fled over the Myanmar border into India’s Mizoram state after clashes between the Chin National Defence Force and the Chinland Defence Force-Hualngoram on 2 JulSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thousands-of-refugees-flee-into-indias-mizoram-state-after-clashes-in-myanmar
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4-Jul-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International partners with Emirates for Interline Through Check-in servicesSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02dbLG7CVChjL1HkZgWygLWLG22TbKCFkQjhHmA7agw2aMxMyjGQdggjYhnctw2wGBl
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1-Jul-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International will shift its check in operations at Singapore’s Changi airport to Terminal 2 Row 12Source: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid03oZKiK2ahZeRDGi29kjBTEX8zfdmDfs91S25sBh9uKNpi74Bo7ymJtYJ3h8vQF7Pl
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