Myanmar
Thailand cuts power, internet services and fuel supply to 3 areas in Myanmar to fight scam centres.
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: 6 Jun 2025.
Latest Travel Industry News
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8-Feb-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has reported that it detained 86 people during its 3-day crackdown on scam centres in Mongyai Township, northern Shan StateSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-hails-scam-center-crackdown.html
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8-Feb-2025 🛬 inboundMyanmar nationals residing near the Thai border with Tak province protested against the Thai government’s move to cut off electricity and fuel to their communities, to combat scam centresSource: bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2956795/myanmar-residents-protest-thai-power-and-fuel-cut-measures
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8-Feb-2025 🛬 inboundMyanmar celebrated the Lunar New Year as a national holiday for the first time in 2025Source: asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/Myanmar-celebrates-Lunar-New-Year-for-1st-time-as-national-holiday
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7-Feb-2025 🛬 inboundTrump has extended the U.S.’s national emergency declaration over Myanmar for an additional year, noting that the coup “continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States”Source: irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/trump-extends-us-national-emergency-declaration-on-myanmar.html
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5-Feb-2025 🛬 inboundSome of the areas where Thailand has cut power and fuel supplies in Myanmar are said to be sourcing electricity from LaosSource: bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2954940/myanmar-towns-powered-down-but-not-out
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4-Feb-2025 🛬 inboundInwa is said to be experiencing more crowds than before, particularly during the non-rainy season, with visitors coming from Yangon, Mandalay and surrounding areasSource: gnlm.com.mm/248365-2/
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4-Feb-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has banned anyone eligible for military conscription from leaving Myanmar without permission of the Central Body. Breaking the rule could see a 3-year prison sentence imposedSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-bans-possible-conscripts-from-foreign-travel
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4-Feb-2025 🛬 inboundThailand announced that it was cutting electrticity, internet services and fuel supply to five areas of Myanmar to fight scam centres. It will cut these services in three areas, Myawaddy, Payathonzu and Tachilek. The Thai PM noted that the scam gangs are impacting Thai people and also its national imageSource: bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2954072/thailand-pulling-the-plug-on-scam-gangs-in-myanmar
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3-Feb-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has embarked on a reshuffle of the cabinet, including granting retirement to U Min Thein Zan, Minister of Hotels and Tourism, replaced by U Kyaw Soe WinSource: nationthailand.com/news/asean/40045845
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31-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta extended the state of emergency by 6 months on 31 Jan, meaning that elections could not take place until at least the second half of 2025. The junta leader said that “peace and stability is still needed” before the state of emergency can be lifted and elections heldSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-extends-emergency-by-another-6-months.html
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31-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThailand’s Interior Minister is seeking advice from its National Security Council as to how it could legally cut power supplies to those areas in Myanmar where criminal activity is prolificSource: bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2951772/anutin-seeks-clarity-on-myanmar-power-cuts
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30-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundChinese and Thai authorities have visited border areas in Thailand’s Tak province to look at how they can support victims of scam gangs in Myawaddy. The Chinese delegation was said to inspect a new tourist service venue which screens and warns people against becoming victims to human trafficking gangs and lured to MyanmarSource: irrawaddy.com/news/asia/chinese-officials-visit-thai-myanmar-border-for-anti-scam-talks.html
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29-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThe US State Department announcement that all foreign assistance via the department and USAID would be suspended for 90 days has seen hospitals close in 5 refugee camps on the Thai-Myanmar borderSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/us-aid-freeze-triggers-healthcare-crisis-on-myanmar-thai-border.html
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28-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThe Myanmar Tourism Federation has reported that visitor arrivals to Yangon’s surrounding areas has increased, as well as pilgrimage tours to Bago and daytrips to Saleaintain Beach, noting that people are choosing to take daytrips or short overnight trips, rather than long distance journeysSource: gnlm.com.mm/247836-2/
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28-Jan-2025 🌏 outboundThe Myanmar Tourism Federation is expecting that overseas tour packages to Thailand will be popular over ThingyanSource: gnlm.com.mm/247835-2/
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27-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundYangon saw over 240,000 international visitors in 2024, with the majority from China, Thailand and South Korea arriving by air. It also saw 1.9 million domestic travellers in 2024Source: english.news.cn/asiapacific/20250127/2cd6b835eebb4ab7a5efedb1f9f73d3e/c.html
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24-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThe Directorate of Hotels and Tourism reported that there were 10 million domestic tourists in 2024, with the majority visiting Shan State, Yangon, Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw, Kyaiktiyo, Hpa-an and BagoSource: gnlm.com.mm/myanmars-domestic-tourism-hits-10m-in-2024/
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24-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThailand and China will set up a centre to combat scam centres, with an operation located in Mae Sot, opposite Myawaddy. China, Thailand and Myanmar reached a consensus on scam operations and the junta reported that they had sebt back 55,000 foreign nationals from scam compounds to their home countries from Oct 2023-Jan2025, including 53,000 Chinese nationalsSource: bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2946851/thailand-and-china-to-set-up-anti-scam-centre
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23-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThe Russian ambassador to Myanmar visited Dawei to discuss the potential of investing in the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The Ambassador also noted Russia’s interest in potentially investing in the tourism industry in Tanintharyi, including Myeik District and hotel projects in the Myeik ArchipelagoSource: bangkokpost.com/business/general/2945905/russia-eyes-long-stalled-dawei-megaproject-in-myanmar
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23-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundChaungtha Beach in Ayeyarwady Region has seen fighting just 48km away in Pathein District, triggering hotel bookings to be cancelled, with many residents fleeing. Some hotels are still open, but have been moving their generators and reducing staff. However, in Ngwesaung, hotels are still open, although they have seen some cancellationsSource: irrawaddy.com/business/popular-beach-resort-deserted-as-fighting-spills-over-into-ayeyarwady.html
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23-Jan-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar National Airlines will start flights from Yangon-Bangkok Don Mueang twice per week from 11 FebSource: facebook.com/MyanmarNationalAirlines/posts/pfbid02uuYGbfeKt5q8cpX25RYqWanSLieDhHRb7nWiF4xzZvRrdiabrPEhbpbjjaFFUKTCl
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23-Jan-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International is launching flights Mandalay-Chiang Mai from 10 Feb with twice weekly flightsSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02D7B7zG3hyHdjZK21QZEgoAPvRg8vSZ4K3nFmgqVQoL1yTKkEQzUF7v6odjJ1nYjyl
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22-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundChina reported that the junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, the second such agreement in a yearSource: khmertimeskh.com/501627219/china-brokers-new-ceasefire-in-myanmar/
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22-Jan-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International is launching flights Yangon-Da Nang from 2 Apr with twice weekly flightsSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02i7muRXcHXEAL9kW64acchVqGvEHssEkfHBx4aEyrhfE4Q5vx25Eow8vjVrNAXXuyl
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21-Jan-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International has increased its frequency from Yangon-Chiang Mai and Phnom Penh, as well as additional flights between Yangon-Bangkok Suvarnabhumi from 20 JanSource: ttrweekly.com/site/2025/01/myanmar-airways-international-increases-flights-from-home-base/
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19-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThe closing press conference at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Langkawi saw the bloc call for the priority of the junta to be reinstating peace, not holding elections, and that elections have to involve all stakeholders. They also appointed a new special envoy to Myanmar, the fifth one since the 2021 coupSource: channelnewsasia.com/asia/asean-malaysia-myanmar-peace-election-special-envoy-4877046
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18-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has said that the country’s electricity generation is 50% od the normal figure, with critical transmission networks damaged by rebels. Power in Yangon have 4-hour blocks of electricity followed by 8-hour shutdownsSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-says-rebel-attacks-gas-shortages-worsen-power-crisis
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17-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundThe Hong Kong government has raised its travel alerts for southeastern Myanmar to red, meaning they perceive a significant threat and non-essential trps should be avoidedSource: gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1788030-20250117.htm
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15-Jan-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar National Airlines will offer additional Tuesday flights on its Yangon-Chiang Mai routes from 21 JanSource: facebook.com/MyanmarNationalAirlines/posts/pfbid0zhuu3uKuVUEsiuwAeag3NfivUgfaaGsn1yLJJhDqtAvUhkWwhmuS8gMrLF3qgkVkl
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13-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundHoyan village in Kengtung Township, Shan State (East) is being developed as a community-based tourism village, with a target to complete the project by end March. It will be the third one in the TownshipSource: gnlm.com.mm/hoyan-village-in-kengtung-township-becomes-third-cbt-tourism-site/
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13-Jan-2025 🛬 inboundKayin State saw more than 450,000 domestic and foreign travellers visiting from Jan-Nov 2024, generating 4.761 billion kyats. A resort is being planned for Kawpayan Village, Hpa-an Township, Kayin State to focus on agrotourismSource: gnlm.com.mm/kayin-state-welcomes-450000-travellers-in-jan-nov-2024/
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