Special Report: Discover Myanmar - Frontier?s special report on the state of Myanmar?s tourism industry.

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9 articles by various authors dated between 27 October and 2 November 2016: "Mandalay: The city behind the name" by David Mittburg, 02 Nov 2016: ?Mandalay is not the tropical paradise that many envision but there?s more to it than simply pagodas, temples and U Bein?s Bridge...?....."Trials and tribulations touring socialist Burma" by Thomas Kean, 02 Nov 2016: "U Sonny Aung Khin, owner of traditional Myanmar restaurant Padonmar in Dagon Township, discusses his five decades in the tourism industry, including 16 years in Bangkok sending curious foreign visitors to socialist-era Burma...."....."Into the Valley of Rubies, by Thomas Kean, 01 Nov 2016: "Off-limits to foreign visitors for years, Mogok, a town renowned for its precious stones, sits ready to benefit from the country?s tourism boom..."....."Shining lights in community tourism stifled by regulations", by Jakob Krembzow, 31 Oct 2016: "A handful of tourism projects around the country are seeking to deliver real benefits to host communities, but national-level policies are still heavily focused on regulations that act as a barrier to entry for smaller operators..."....."Hotel policy is broken: Here?s how to fix it" by Vicky Bowman, 31 October, 2016: "Myanmar?s tourism sector will benefit in the long run if officials spend more time managing destinations and less protecting existing hotels, and instead lets the market decide which properties succeed or fail." ....."Tourism in Myanmar: By the numbers", 29 October 2016 - A look at the numbers behind the growth of Myanmar?s tourism market since 2011, and the top sources of foreign arrivals in Myanmar." .....

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"Frontier Myanmar"

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2016-11-02

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2016-11-07

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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