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Subject: Re: NEWS - Myanmar Revokes Licenses of 2 Tourism Companies
Whats the real story here? Why the revokes, didnt pay the death taxes?
ds
Rangoon Post Co-Editor wrote:
>
> Myanmar Revokes Licenses of 2 Tourism Companies
>
> Xinhua
> 07-JUL-99
>
> YANGON (July 7) XINHUA - The Myanmar tourism
> authorities Wednesday revoked the licensees of two
> private
> tourism companies that allegedly violated the rules and
> regulations of the country's hotels and tourism law.
>
> The two companies are the Everest W Travels and Tours
> Co. Ltd. and the New Butterfly Travel Services, sources
> at
> the Myanmar Directorate of Hotels and Tourism Services
> said Wednesday.
>
> In February last year, a total of 135 local private
> tourism
> companies had their licenses revoked for the same reason.
>
> There are now one foreign company, 12 joint ventures and
> 508 local private companies running tourism services in
> the
> country.
>
> There were 21 foreign-invested hotels and 439
> local-invested motels, hotels and inns at the end of
> March
> this year, according to official statistics.
>
> Other official statistics show that at the end of April
> this year,
> foreign investment in hotels and tourism projects in
> Myanmar
> amounted to 1.1 billion U.S. dollars.
>
> A total of 340,123 foreign tourists came to Myanmar in
> 1998,
> the statistics show. (DOES THIS INCLUDE THE 18
> PRO-DEMOCRACY PEOPLE THAT THEY ARRESTED?)