Myanmar
Tourists visit Bagan over Thadingyut and Tazaungdine festival; 8,000 visit Htilominlo Pagoda during Tazaungdine holidays.
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: 9 Nov 2025.
Latest Travel Industry News
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9-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta reported that it was destroying 148 buildings as part of a crackdown on scam centresSource: channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-military-demolishing-scam-hub-buildings-5456266
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5-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundTourists visited Bagan cultural zone during the Thadingyut and Tazaungdine festival, with hotels booked in advance. Rain on the full moon day was thought to have limited the number of tourists, but a “steady influx” was still recorded. 8,000 visited Htilominlo Pagoda during the Tazaungdine holidays, and 10,000 on the full moon daySource: mdn.gov.mm/en/visitors-flock-bagan-tazaungdine-festival-despite-bad-weather
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3-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundRussia and Myanmar have signed a mutual visa exemption for citizens of one another’s countries, signed on 28 Oct. No further information was given on the visa exemption and the two sides also signed a 2025-2027 consultation plan between the two foreign ministriesSource: eng.mizzima.com/2025/11/03/27880
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3-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe Mandalay Region Chief Minister and the Governor of Novosibirsk, Russia, met to discuss further cooperation for social, economic, education, health and tourism sectors, as well as signing a sister-city agreementSource: gnlm.com.mm/mandalay-region-chief-minister-meets-novosibirsk-governor-led-russian-delegation/
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2-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe Royal Thai Army is watching the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot as 1,500 foreign nationals fled from KK Park special economic zone in Myanmar to Thailand, after the junta were said to have taken control of the areaSource: bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3129834/army-watching-myanmar-border
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30-Oct-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International is planning to start flights to Moscow from end of 2026 or in 2027. The flight route Yangon-Mandalay-Novosibirsk was suspended in 2025, but there are now plans to restore this link too, from 2 NovSource: rustourismnews.com/2025/10/30/myanmar-airways-international-plans-to-launch-flights-to-moscow-by-2027/
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29-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has invited international media to cover the Dec 2025 elections, saying that they will be permitted to cover the polls, but journalists remain cynical of the moveSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-invites-foreign-media-coverage-of-junta-run-election
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29-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe 2nd phase of the general election will be held on 11 Jan, the junta have announced. It will cover 100 townships. The UN Secretary-General commented that he didn’t think “anybody believes that those elections will be free and fair”Source: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-to-hold-second-phase-of-election-in-january
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29-Oct-2025 👨✈️ aviationYangon International Airport will be closed from 29 Oct 2025- 1 Jan 2026 from 0000-0600 local time for runway repairsSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02zYF93Dei7GuvDo42zRBpP1TnQ8YYDLziSDM3XzRQn5tciM3bM79oSR1LpxrS7aEXl
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28-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundCampaigning will start on 28 Oct for the general election in Dec 2025Source: channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-election-campaign-junta-vote-military-5429401
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28-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has said that it has detained 10,119 foreign nationals in conjunction with scam centres over the past 9 months, with 9,340 of those being repatriatedSource: bangkokpost.com/world/3127716/myanmar-detains-over-10000-foreigners-in-scam-centre-crackdown
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27-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundDiplomatic sources have said that ASEAN will not send observers to Myanmar’s elections in Dec 2025. The bloc during the ASEAN Summit noted that “the cessation of violence and inclusive political dialogue must precede elections”Source: irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/asean-not-sending-monitors-to-myanmar-juntas-election-sources.html
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27-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundChina has reopened 4 Myanmar-China border gates whose territory falls under the Kachin Independent Army in Kachin State, after being closed for one yearSource: irrawaddy.com/news/myanmar-china-watch/china-reopens-four-border-gates-in-myanmars-kachin-state-controlled-by-kia.html
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27-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundChina and the Union of Myanmar Travel Association signed an MoU on tourism cooperation at the 6th China-Myanmar Think Tank forum in Mangshi on 22 OctSource: gnlm.com.mm/mou-on-china-myanmar-tourism-cooperation-inked/
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27-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe UN Secretary-General has called for an “immediate end to the violence, a genuine commitment to inclusive dialogue and a credible path back to civilian rule” in MyanmarSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/un-secretary-general-calls-for-end-to-deplorable-violence-in-myanmar
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24-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThree hot air balloon companies have been offering services over Bagan for the new season until Apr 2026. Balloons Over Bagan have received 600 bookings for the season already, and expect more visitors during the Tazaungdine holidaysSource: gnlm.com.mm/three-balloon-companies-offer-hot-air-balloon-services-in-bagan/
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23-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe Union of Myanmar Travel Association and the Russian Novosibirsk Tourist Board met to explore opportunities to develop tourism between the two destinationsSource: mdn.gov.mm/en/russian-novosibirsk-tourist-board-umta-discuss-tourism-cooperation
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22-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundSpaceX has said that it has cut services to 2,500 Starlink devices at Myanmar scam centresSource: bangkokpost.com/world/3124885/2500-scammerlinked-starlink-rigs-disabled-in-myanmar
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21-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe Myanmar Tourism Marketing Association met with the Russian Tourism Organisation and Russian tour operators, discussing joint marketing initiatives, fam trips for Russian operators and participation in international fairsSource: facebook.com/myanmartourismmarketing/posts/pfbid0iscmaF9yWJmikWznxA1kNpU7NBugccUbyCAE3v9dVv7w76pUegfcsPMY3x7jTcEMl
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21-Oct-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International signed an interline agreement with flydubaiSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid03Uccb4UZ4tsAhz4mkS1ikjDuWjQi3kJWEaACJnMnsNf2LZqpAQJFaybw6vHT65Ccl
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20-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta have reported that they raided a scam centre in KK Park near the Thai-Myanmar border, and confiscated 30 Starlink devices. They were said to have found 2,200 workers at the siteSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-says-it-raided-scam-compound-seized-30-starlink-receivers.html
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18-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundAyeyawady Region’s Ngwehsaung, Chaungtha and Shwethaungyan beaches have seen 1,035,448 visitors, both domestic and international, in 2025. The Thadingyut holidays from 4-7 Oct saw 4,881 visitors to Pathein, 16,699 to Ngwehsaung, 15,931 to Chaungtha and 680 to Shwethaungyan, making a total of 37,651 visitorsSource: gnlm.com.mm/ayeyawady-welcomes-over-1m-visitors-from-jan-to-mid-oct/
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18-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe EU will not send international observers for the upcoming election, noting that the voting was neither free nor fair, and that ASEAN countries should “really firmly push for a change of course”Source: irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/neither-free-nor-fair-eu-rejects-myanmar-juntas-planned-election.html
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18-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe Myanmar Tourism Marketing Association signed an MoU with the Myanmar Arts and Crafts AssociationSource: facebook.com/myanmartourismmarketing/posts/pfbid0vd5eSLL5DRsgcbTNRTzTLKckkWYoUaVAG4196JJi5XHcScud6AWhBzE6ao3i8w62l
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17-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe Union of Myanmar Travel Association said that during the short holidays, residents from Yangon make shorter trips to nearby destinations and daytrips. They noted that travel was up from 2024Source: gnlm.com.mm/people-make-day-trips-and-pilgrimages-around-yangon-during-short-holidays/
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15-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta admitted that they will be unable to hold the general election across the whole country, saying “we can’t hold the election everywhere 100%”Source: bangkokpost.com/world/3121309/myanmar-junta-chief-admits-election-wont-be-nationwide
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14-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundMyanmar and Belarus held discussions on direct flights, visa exemptions and a Belarus-Bangkok-Hanoi-Yangon tour packageSource: gnlm.com.mm/myanmar-belarus-discuss-direct-flights-visa-free-travel-and-tour-packages/
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14-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundAn AFP investigation has shown that scam centres are still in business, using Starlink internet service on a huge scale for connectivity, with massive construction on the borders with Thailand taking placeSource: bangkokpost.com/world/3120608/myanmar-scam-cities-booming-despite-crackdown-using-musks-starlink
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13-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA) reported that accommodation in Tazaungdine for the Taunggyi Tazaungdine Festival is fully booked. The Tazaungdine holidays has also seen high demand for bookings in PyinOoLwin, Inle, Bagan, Chaungtha and NgwehsaungSource: gnlm.com.mm/visitor-arrival-to-taunggyi-tazaungdine-festival-expects-to-be-large-hotels-and-motels-already-fully-booked/
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13-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe Myanmar Tourism Marketing Association visited St Petersburg to boost Myanmar-Russian tourism cooperationSource: facebook.com/myanmartourismmarketing/posts/pfbid0f7JJwni2DWypD5fk9dq3PMgem2baoBa9RDxqj3gYJdtw4ZCQEGocRN1Fj6zc54ADl
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11-Oct-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has invited ASEAN to send observers for the Dec election, with the request to be discussed during the ASEAN summit in Oct 2025Source: channelnewsasia.com/asia/asean-myanmar-election-observers-summit-5395876
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