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Description: Learned journal. Commercial site..."Annals of Tourism Research is a social sciences journal focusing upon the academic perspectives of tourism. While striving for a balance of theory and application, Annals is ultimately dedicated to developing..."
Source/publisher: Annals of Tourism Research
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: English
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Description: Basel-based activist tourism NGO. Took part in the campaign against "Visit Myanmar 1996 Year". Covers Burma. Most material in German. Very professional.
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: Deutsch, some English.
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Description: 452 items...Some Burma-specific links....narrow down from Advanced Search
Source/publisher: Business and Human Rights
Date of entry/update: 2008-04-14
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Language: English
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Description: Some useful links by way of browsing from the top bar. The search engines do not seem to work very well - too many dead links ..."DestiNet helps you to develop sustainable consumption and production in the tourism sector, both in the tourism value chain or at destination level. DestiNet is tourist destination information service that supports networking of various sustainable tourism stakeholders. The portal offers a number of services including the option to submit EVENTS or NEWS and to suggest new links on relevant TOPICS, TOOLS or STAKEHOLDERS. DestiNet is jointly administrated by the European Environment Agency (EEA), ECOTRANS a European network of experts and organisations in the tourism sector, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Tourism Organization (UN WTO). The main objective of DestiNet is to provide a user-friendly environment for the tourism stakeholder community to showcase best practices and share knowledge within DestiNet partnership (EEA, ECOTRANS, UNEP, WTO) and its users. Based on this, the creation of Sustainable Tourism Knowledge Networks is now underway. Such networks will tackle issues relevant to developing, enhancing, and evaluating policy measures and the success of regulatory and voluntary actions concerning tourism and tourism destinations..."
Source/publisher: DestiNet
Date of entry/update: 2012-03-03
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Description: "ECPAT is a network of organisations and individuals working together to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of children. It seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation... The ECPAT acronym stands for ' End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes'... ECPAT has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC)."
Source/publisher: ECPAT
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Description: "We are a research, campaign and advocacy organisation. We study the social, cultural, economic and environmental impact of tourism on local communities. We believe that tourism should be non-exploitative, equitable and sustainable. A question that has been central to our work and directs much of it is ?Who Really Benefits from Tourism??..."
Source/publisher: Equations
Date of entry/update: 2012-03-03
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Description: "The UK's leading resource for ethical and sustainable tourism"....Search Results in TC For "burma": Burma: Not Black and White - Burma: Not Black and White... Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on tourism to Burma - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on tourism to Burma... What others say on tourism to Burma.... - What others say on tourism to Burma.... News - To go or not to go? Burma update... News - New petition demands Lonely Planet withdraws Burma guidebook... Burma - Burma... News - Burma and Lonely Planet: A personal look back... Displacement of People - Displacement of People... Sign our Burma Lonely Planet guidebook petition - Sign our Burma Lonely Planet guidebook petition... Burma and Tourism: Facts and Figures - Burma and Tourism: Facts and Figures... Add your Voice to Calls for Burma Tourism Boycott - Add your Voice to Calls for Burma Tourism Boycott... Campaign with us - Campaign with us... Tsunami of Tourism - Tsunami of Tourism... Campaigns - Campaigns... Displacement - Displacement... Working conditions - Working conditions... Past Campaigns - Past Campaigns... FAQs for Tourists - FAQs for Tourists... News - Burmese refugees trapped by tourism.
Source/publisher: Tourism Concern
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: English
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Description: Use the site map and search engine on this page for regional plans, including Myanmar...If that does not work, use the Google site-specific search for Myanmar Transport [results in Alternate URL] http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=myanmar+transport+site:unescap.org&oq=myanmar+transport+site:unescap.org&gs_l=hp.12...1292.12192.1.14850.17.17.0.0.0.2.1320.6395.0j12j1j1j7-3.17.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.vNfVLb2I5Og&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=a80f56a052d2d330&biw=1138&bih=493
Source/publisher: UN ESCAP
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Description: Industry and Govt. body with UN connections. Publishes lots of tourism statistics. NB its Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, which was endorsed by ECOSOC in 2001. The Code has, in theory, a supervisory mechanism, but with no means, so far as I can see, for the actual victims of tourism development to bring complaints.
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Description: "A court dealt a blow on Friday to a man who claims to be the rightful owner of a historic building in downtown Yangon, rejecting his request to make the local government a defendant in the case. Bilal Ayub Munnee, who says his great grandfather was the building’s original owner, wanted Yangon’s government to share responsibility with the company that renovated the Tourist Burma Building. If the judge had ruled in his favour the local authority would have had to share the cost of 5bn kyat - roughly $3.4m - compensation in the event that Bilal won his case. He is suing the Yangon Metropolitan Development Public Company (YMDP) after it went ahead with a 192m kyat renovation at the building against his wishes between 2017 and 2019. As well as compensation, Bilal is seeking ownership rights. He claims the building still belongs to a trust his family established nearly a century ago. In January, after the YMDP said in its defence that the renovations were ordered by the regional government, Bilal asked the court to name the regional government as a co-defendant. The regional government owns a majority share in YMDP. But the court rejected the request on the grounds that Bilal’s legal team did not give notice to the government two months in advance, as prescribed by the Code of Civil Procedure..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Now" (Myanmar)
2020-02-29
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-29
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Description: "Industry analysts claim interest will return to Myanmar’s tourism sector after some challenges including the Rakhine crisis and the downswing due to the coronavirus, according to Skift.com. “We foresee an improvement in the next high season [October 2020 to March 2021] now that the ICJ [International Court of Justice] had concluded its findings,” said Jehan Wick, who has been in Myanmar since 1997 and now runs his company, JW Hospitality Management. “This improved sentiment was [noticed] by most operators since the World Travel Market [in London] in November.” Changes are taking place. Khiri Travel Group, an inbound agency handling Western clients in Asia with an office in Myanmar, said bookings rebounded from countries such as the UK, Netherlands, and Scandinavia after the ICJ ruling..."
Source/publisher: "Mizzima" (Myanmar)
2020-02-24
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-24
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Description: "A new sustainable lodge is aiming to lure more longhaul travellers to Myanmar’s untouched coastline, while giving back to the community. Lalay Lodge opened its doors in January in the remote fishing village of Maung Shwe Lay in Rakhine State, offering visitors a slice of tropical beach paradise combined with a glimpse into authentic rural Burmese life. In line with the values of conscious travellers, the nine-room resort was designed by Australian architect, Mary Lou Thompson, using natural, locally-sourced materials to blend in with its surroundings. All 15 staff have been recruited from the village and undergone hospitality training. They are headed by an English-speaking general manager, who is also the only foreign employee. As part of its sustainable pledge, the lodge has launched a coral reef protection programme and set up a waste collection system for the 1,500 villagers. It also uses solar power and no single-use plastic, and reuses grey water. Edwin Briels, Lalay Lodge co-owner, said: “Involving communities is what tourism should be all about.” Briels, who is also managing director of Khiri Travel Myanmar, has been organising day trips to the village, which sits a combined one-hour tuk tuk and boat cruise from Thandwe (Ngapali) airport, for the last seven years..."
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Source/publisher: TTG Asia
2020-02-14
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-15
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Description: " Myanmar’s travel agents have been further hit by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism’s suspension of visas-on-arrival for Chinese tourists and demands that tour operators cancel Chinese trips to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The ministry canceled visas-on-arrival for Chinese visitors on Saturday and on Monday instructed tour operators to suspend all travel services for Chinese tourists and tours from China. By ZARNI MANN 4 February 2020 Yangon – Myanmar’s travel agents have been further hit by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism’s suspension of visas-on-arrival for Chinese tourists and demands that tour operators cancel Chinese trips to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The ministry canceled visas-on-arrival for Chinese visitors on Saturday and on Monday instructed tour operators to suspend all travel services for Chinese tourists and tours from China. The move followed the announcement by the World Health Organization that the coronavirus outbreak was a global emergency. “We have to cancel all of the booked tours for February and the remaining tours are at risk until the end of the peak season. Operations have completely stopped for small travel agencies that only handle Chinese tours,” said a tour operator from Yangon, who asked not to be named. Myanmar had been expecting to receive more Chinese tourists this season than in previous years. “We received twice as many Chinese bookings than last year. We pray the coronavirus can be controlled,” the travel agent said. Myanmar received more than 300,000 Chinese tourists in 2018 and more than 750,000 in 2019, according to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism..."
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Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2020-02-04
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-05
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Description: "Myanmar received over 4.36 million foreign visitors in 2019, said the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism has announced. Tourist arrivals of 2019 increased by 23%, compared to the same period of the year 2018 when over 3.55 million foreign travellers arrived in Myanmar, the ministry said. The ministry recently announced granting visa-on-arrivals to ordinary passport holders from Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg and New Zealand, who will enter Myanmar through Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyitaw international airports, for a three-year probation period until Dec. 31,2022. Also, visa-exemption days were extended to 30 days for Vietnamese tourists in Myanmar starting from the first day of this month. Meanwhile, the visa exemption pilot program for visitors from Japan, South Korea and China has been recently extended until Sept 30 this year. Foreign travellers visit Myanmar mainly through three international airports -- Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw, the border gates as well as via luxury cruise liners. Enditem IN another matter, Myanmar logged 957 drug-related cases, which involved 1,480 suspects within two years, state-run media reported quoting a release from the President Office..."
Source/publisher: "The Star Online" (Selangor)
2020-02-01
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-02
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Sub-title: Things seemed to be looking very bright this year for Myanmar’s tourism industry, which was poised to attract a record number of tourists after two years in doldrums due to the humanitarian crisis in northern Rakhine State.
Description: "At the end of last year, the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism said the number of foreign arrivals, including business travellers and border traders, rose by 23 percent to 4.36 million, up from 3.55 million the previous year. But the upward momentum of the industry took a big hit with the recent outbreak of the new coronavirus in China. Government data showed that Chinese nationals accounted for nearly a third of the over two million tourists who visited the country last year, a 152pc increase from the previous year. The coronavirus outbreak in China has killed 170 people since it was first reported on December 31. At least 20pc of tourist bookings from China have been cancelled, and Chinese airlines have suspended their flights to Myanmar’s key cities of Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay as part of the effort to contain the disease. “Group tours have been cancelled,” said U Khin Zaw, adviser to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. “Chinese travellers are more afraid now than when Cyclone Nargis hit the country. It affects the entire tourism sector.” U Khin Aung Tun, vice chair of the Myanmar Tourism Federation, said that before the outbreak, bookings from China reached over 200,000. “The main point is that we need to protect our country. If something happens here, the numbers of foreign tourists here may decline.” Eden, Myanmar’s leading hotel group, said that about 25 percent of its tourist bookings had been cancelled in recent days..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
2020-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-31
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Description: "Myanmar expects to achieve its target of attracting five million tourists in 2020, even as fears about the deadly coronavirus that originated in China cast a long shadow over the travel industry. "We're well-prepared to prevent an outbreak of this virus," Maung Maung Kyaw, head of the directorate of hotels and tourism, said in an interview, citing coordination with the Health Ministry on a plan of action. The new coronavirus has killed more than 100 people in China and sickened thousands. Asia's top economy has suspended outbound group tours to try and prevent the spread of the disease, denting the outlook for regional tourism. "We've been screening for the disease at all international gateways," Mr Maung Maung Kyaw said in the capital, Naypyidaw. Myanmar received 4.4 million visitors last year, a 23 per cent climb from 2018 powered by surging Asian arrivals, according to government data. The number of Chinese tourists more than doubled..."
Source/publisher: "The Business Times" (Singapore)
2020-01-28
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-30
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Description: "Tourists visiting Myanmar from China are entering the country more and more in groups set up to keep money in the hands of their Chinese guides and travel agencies, creating a growing problem for locals working in the tourism and hospitality industry, sources say. Traveling in so-called zero-budget tours, the Chinese visitors to Myanmar lodge and shop only at places already approved, and eat only at restaurants selected by their guides. These restrictions are now leaving workers in Myanmar’s tourist industry with less and less to do, one worker named Myo Naing told RFA’s Myanmar Service in a recent interview. “We don’t have jobs now, and we don’t make as much money as we did before,” he said. “This is because if the tour organizers use us, it will be more expensive for them. They will have to pay us at least fifty dollars. And we won’t let them cheat their tour group or tell them things that aren’t true.” “Also, because we are citizens of Myanmar and official tourist guides, we won’t let them get away with doing anything untoward,” he said..."
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Source/publisher: "Mizzima" (Myanmar)
2019-11-14
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-15
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Description: "The launch of the Myanma Tourism Bank (MTB) earlier this year is the latest initiative by the Myanmar government to spur development in its growing tourism sector. Offering low interest loans to Myanmar’s tourism players, the bank started operations at its headquarters in Yangon on 6 May – with offices in the capital Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay among those in the bank’s ambitious plan for a network of 10 branches by the end of 2019. Boasting a multitude of religious landmarks, luxury resorts and sandy beaches, Myanmar is fast gaining a reputation as an attractive tourist destination and drew in 3.55 million visitors last year. With 7,800 tour guides and 2,500 local tour companies, the majority of which are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the introduction of the MTB will go a long way in providing access to credit for Myanmar’s tourism stakeholders. Economic engine Not only will this diversify the country’s affordable tourism offerings, loans catering specifically to the tourism sector will also increase the participation of local players in developing the tourism market. The majority of investments in Myanmar’s tourism sector comes from Singapore, which accounts for more than 60 percent of the US$4.4 billion in foreign investment in hotels and commercial complexes according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Hotel and Tourism..."
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Source/publisher: "The ASEAN Post" (Malaysia)
2019-07-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-25
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Description: "The number of Chinese tourists coming to Myanmar, in nine months from January to September this year, exceeded over 300,000 compared to the same period of last year, according to figures released by the ministry of labour, immigration and population. This year saw 325,193 more Chinese visitors as there were 198,256 in 2018 and 523,449 in 2019. The percentage increased to 164 % this year. Due to Rakhine conflict, the number of tourists from Western countries fell by 40 percent. As part of east look policy, Myanmar granted visa exemption for tourists from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Macao from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019. For those Chinese tourists who entered Myanmar by air were granted visa on arrival for a one-year trial period. As a result, Chinese tourist arrivals have increased. Free visa and visa on arrival will be extended for one more year from October 2019 to September 30, 2020..."
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Source/publisher: "Eleven Media Group" (Myanmar)
2019-10-23
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-24
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Description: "Nepal and Myanmar inked a memorandum of understanding(MoU) on cooperation in tourism and culture for strengthening relationship in this field following bilateral talks held today in the presence of President Bidya Devi Bhandari and State Counselor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. President Bhandari is currently on a five-day state visit to the Republic of Union of Myanmar at the friendly invitation of the President of Myanmar U Win Myint. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and Union Minister for International Cooperation of Myanmar, Mr Kyaw Tin, signed and exchanged the two MoUs after the bilateral talks held at the Presidential House in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar. President Bhandari arrived in Nay Pyi Taw on Wednesday evening and held talks with her Myanmar counterpart U Win Myint at the Presidential House today. Earlier, Myanmar Army presented a Guard of Honour to President Bhandari..."
Source/publisher: "The Himalayan Times" (Nepal)
2019-10-17
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-17
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Description: "Myanmar’s popular actor and model, Paing Takhon, will act as a tourism ambassador to boost travel from Thailand to Myanmar. The appointment lasts one year, effective from 21 September, when the Myanmar Tourism Marketing Association together with the Myanmar Tourism Federation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the actor. He will front promotions that capitalise on his popularity in Thailand where he is rapidly gaining popularity with a teenage fan base boosted by Thai Television channels and magazines. In August, he hosted his first event with Thai fans in Bangkok, and last week the Myanmar Tourism Marketing Association confirmed his appointment as the Myanmar Tourism Ambassador to promote inbound tourism from Thailand. Thailand tourist arrivals are the second largest after China. There are around 25 daily direct flights between Thailand (Bangkok and Chiang Mai) and Myanmar (Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw). Commenting on the appointment, Myanmar Tourism Marketing chairperson May Myat Mon Win, said: “Targeting regional markets is a strong part of our strategy. Myanmar Tourism Marketing will continue to promote our core destinations as well as new destinations through roadshows, trade shows and media trips for journalists.” She added: “We are delighted to have Paing Takhon as Tourism Ambassador for Myanmar – he can promote Myanmar among young travellers Thailand. We also plan to introduce fabulous new destinations for Thai Market.” Myanmar Tourism Marketing (MTM) aims to promote Myanmar as a sustainable tourism destination that can be visited the whole year-round. It is part of the Myanmar Tourism Federation and is mainly privately funded by key members of the tourism industry in Myanmar..."
Source/publisher: "TTR WEEKLY" (Thailand)
2019-09-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-24
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Description: "Myanmar government will extend preliminary schemes of visa exemption for visitors from Japan and South Korea, and visa-on-arrival for those from China and India for one more year to Sept. 30, 2020, to attract more tourists to the country, according to an announcement of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism late on Monday. Visa exemption was initially allowed for visitors from Japan and South Korea and visa-on-arrival for those from China from Oct. 1, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2019. Meanwhile, visa-on-arrival, granted for Indian tourists for one year from Dec. 1, 2018, will also be extended to Nov. 30, 2020, the announcement added. The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism said in another earlier release in July that Myanmar authorities planned to grant visa-on-arrival to visitors from six more countries starting on Oct. 1 as a further relaxation of visa restriction on foreign visitors in addition to Asian ones to boost tourism..."
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Source/publisher: "Xinhua"
2019-09-03
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-03
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Description: ''A tour of the three most popular tourist destinations in Myanmar - Bagan, Inle Lake and Yangon. An informative video for people planning to travel to Myanmar or for those who are just curious about the country...''
Source/publisher: erikssc
2013-05-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-02-24
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Description: "With its sweeping view of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a glittering golden stupa and Myanmar?s top cultural attraction, the Esperado Lake View Hotel should be in an enviable spot. Yet, just two years after it was built, this four-star hotel sits half-empty for many months at a time, according to manager Nero Kyaw Wai. ?We aren?t seeing the demand in Myanmar,” he said..."
Creator/author: Philip Heijmans
Source/publisher: Bloomberg
2017-06-19
Date of entry/update: 2017-06-19
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Description: "10 principles and challenges for a sustainable tourism development in the 21st Century.... In the light of the poor progress of sustainable development ten years after the Rio Earth Summit, tourism could be shown the red card: - sent-off, back to training - a demand that tourism leaders learn to practise "fair play" and contribute to sustainable development, as should be expected from the representatives of one of the world?s leading industries! The call is launched by representatives of the network for sustainable tourism development DANTE in preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 in Johannesburg."
Creator/author: Christine Plüss, Martina Backes
Source/publisher: DANTE (The NGO Network for Sustainable Tourism Development)
2002-02-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: English
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