Myanmar
390k travellers reportedly visit Bago Region from Jan-Oct 2025, up from Jan-Oct 2024’s 360k.
Latest monthly intl arrivals
10,575
Jul 2020
Recovery vs 2019
3%
Jul 2019: 330,843
YTD Intl Arrivals
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No 2024 data
Percent of 2024 Target
--%
of unknown target
Source: Intl arrivals - Ministry of Hotels & Tourism. Page last updated: 7 Dec 2025.
Latest Travel Industry News
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7-Dec-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International was the title sponsor of the SG:60 REIMAGINED event, organised by the Singapore Association of MyanmarSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02JsXzwfiNbwXrkzrRnttiEsjrxnPDuGY6j8jbYG8nWf5fP23gxFu6pyjT1i3ugvvXl
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4-Dec-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta demolished a 12-storey building in its Shwe Kokko SEZ on 4 Dec, targeting a scam centreSource: pattayamail.com/thailandnews/myanmar-demolishes-scam-center-in-shwe-kokko-sez-as-thailand-repatriates-suspected-chinese-scammers-528311
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3-Dec-2025 🛬 inboundOpium cultivation in Myanmar is now at its highest level in a decade, +17% YoY. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) noted that the cultivation has potential implications for neighbouring countriesSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmars-opium-poppy-cultivation-hits-highest-level-in-a-decade-un-says
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30-Nov-2025 🛬 inbound390,000 travellers visited Bago Region from Jan-Oct 2025, up from Jan-Oct 2024’s 360,000, according to the Bago Region Directorate of Hotels & TourismSource: gnlm.com.mm/nearly-400000-local-and-foreign-travellers-visit-bago-region-in-jan-oct-2025/
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29-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe UN has insisted that the Myanmar Dec general elections could not be free not fair, and that mass surveillance could be imposed on polling stations after the junta announced that the election would be conducted by electronic voting onlySource: channelnewsasia.com/asia/un-fears-mass-electronic-surveillance-during-myanmar-vote-5496316
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27-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundOne of Aung San Suu Kyu’s aides was freed from prison by the junta in a wave of pre-election amnesty for political prisoners. The junta announced that 3,085 jailed under the legislation restricting free speech would have their sentences dropped – but many are also detained under other convictionsSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-aide-freed-in-myanmar-junta-pre-election-amnesty
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26-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe Thai Foreign Minister called the upcoming Myanmar elections neither free nor credible, and that his feeling is that Thailand “won’t be in a position to recognize the elections”. However, he recognised that it could be a chance for an “imperfect election” to lead the way to stabilitySource: irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-election-not-free-or-credible-thai-foreign-minister.html
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26-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe Thai Foreign Affairs Minister has said that ASEAN will find it difficult to re-engage with Myanmar after the elections, and urged Aung San Suu Kyu’s releaseSource: bangkokpost.com/world/3144774/asean-reengagement-with-myanmar-difficult-even-after-polls-thai-foreign-minister-says
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26-Nov-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International will attend the Thai Expo Yangon 2025 at the Yangon Convention CenterSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid02dzZSQeHoe834UvVbrCtM3TQ1fCynrkFvGk2EsdcVag1FW6MUH2h6mfJNgK7bSnjNl
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25-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe US has announced the end of temporary protection stopping Myanmar immigrants from being deported from the US, impacting around 4,000 living in the US under Temporary Protected Status. The move has been criticised by NGOsSource: irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/trump-ends-us-protected-status-for-myanmar-nationals.html
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25-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe Yangon Region Tourism Committee has approved hotel investments worth 9.878 billion kyats, expected to create 223 job opportunities. The investments approved include 3 hotel business licences, 40 tour operator licences and 11 domestic pilgrimage and travel service licencesSource: gnlm.com.mm/yangon-region-clears-k9-8b-in-hotel-investments-creating-223-jobs/
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23-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has claimed to have arrested 1,590 foreign nationals over 5 days in its crackdown on scam centresSource: channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-scam-centre-hub-raids-nearly-1600-foreigners-arrested-junta-says-5485356
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22-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundA single smoke round was shot from Thailand was fired towards Myanmar on 22 Nov, after a mortar shell landed in a Thai village near the borderSource: khaosodenglish.com/news/2025/11/22/myanmar-shell-damages-4-thai-homes-prompts-military-warning-shot/
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21-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundMyanmar’s junta claimed that ASEAN “understands and supports” its planned elections during the 31st ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting in NaypyitawSource: irrawaddy.com/news/politics/myanmar-pm-thanks-asean-for-supporting-election.html
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20-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundWah Ale Resort in Lampi Marine National Park, opened in the 2nd week of Nov and is seeing domestic visitors, with Kawthoung travel companies forecasting more international arrivals in late DecSource: gnlm.com.mm/wah-ale-resort-in-lampi-marine-national-park-sees-visitor-arrivals/
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20-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office reported that Myanmar’s tourism has the potential to grow, but that it needs to fix structural constraints such as flight connectivity, power supply, road transportation and boosting tourism industry confidenceSource: bernama.com/en/news.php
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20-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe National Unity Government, Myanmar’s shadow government, listed its cryptocurrency tokens on the global exchange market on 14 Nov and saw its value grow 5X since its launch. 2 days after the listing, the junta ruled that digital currencies are not legally permitted in Myanmar, and locals are not able to own nor trade themSource: irrawaddy.com/business/myanmar-shadow-governments-crypto-soars-after-mexc-exchange-listing.html
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19-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe Ministry of Hotels & Tourism reported that Myanmar has seen 809,000 international tourist arrivals from Jan-Oct 2025, lower than Jan-Oct 2024’s 890,000. The majority came from China, Thailand and South KoreaSource: english.news.cn/asiapacific/20251119/5d5ab1c4b9464224937a7764ee40c09d/c.html
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19-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta has claimed that it raided scam centre hub Shwe Kokko, arresting 346 foreign nationalsSource: straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-says-raided-online-scam-centre-arrested-over-300
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17-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe National Kandawgyi Garden in PyinOoLwin will host the 18th Immersive Flowers Festival from 6 Dec 2025-4 Jan 2026, aiming to attract domestic and international visitors. It will include floral displays, music shows and dance presentations, as well as a marketSource: gnlm.com.mm/month-long-pyinoolwin-flower-festival-set-for-6-dec-4-jan/
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16-Nov-2025 👨✈️ aviationMyanmar Airways International has signed an inter-lining and e-ticketing partnership with Ethiopian AirlinesSource: facebook.com/8Mofficial/posts/pfbid0Gh4brjUc2x9YBEATKngxyJ7ZPxiYVR2SW1G3pigVHczMHLFiPBTtHWJcBq4sCVvSl
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15-Nov-2025 🌏 outboundThe Union of Myanmar Travel Association has reported that more domestic travellers are taking outbound tours to Bodh Gaya for pilgrimage, whilst other destinations like Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Nepal are also seeing interestSource: gnlm.com.mm/many-local-visitors-take-bodh-gaya-tour-in-this-tour-season/
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14-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe US Justice Department has formed a Scam Center Strike Force (SCSF), with the Burma Team already noted to be taking action. FBI agents have been deployed to Thailand to fight against scam centres in Myanmar with “all government tools available”, and will crack down on transnational criminal organisations who defraud $10 billon USD from American citizens via centres in Myanmar, Laos and CambodiaSource: irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/us-strike-force-launches-operations-against-myanmar-based-scam-networks.html
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14-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe Shwedagon Pagoda has welcomed 5.89 million visitors from Jan-Oct 2025, 61,000 of whom were international visitors, according to the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of TrusteesSource: english.news.cn/20251114/ab916a189a9347e79d36fcf5f51becd5/c.html
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14-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundMyanmar’s Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Hotels & Tourism and the Myanmar Tourism Marketing Association attended the 26th UN Tourism Assembly in Saudi Arabia, with discussions on partnerships and fam tripsSource: facebook.com/myanmartourismmarketing/posts/pfbid02WQDXg23bWFT22RQ3vdimy33rH23TQgFWrr4TCPT57GspYb7XSvvp82XHKc3RCWifl
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13-Nov-2025 🛬 inboundThe junta held a briefing for Yangon-based diplomats on its scam centre demolitions, saying that 99.5% of those workers had entered the country illegally and that the centres were dependent on cross-border internet, electricity and money. They said that full cooperation from neighbouring countries is needed to get rid of scam centres. The US Treasury has blacklisted 4 senior commanders of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) over their alleged roles in scam centres, whilst Thailand extradited She Zhijiang, a man linked to scam centres, to ChinaSource: irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-briefs-diplomats-on-scam-hub-demolition-amid-growing-skepticism.html
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