"The touristification of Myanmar has begun. The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism declared tourism the country?s ?national priority sector? in its Responsible Tourism Policy (RTP), released in September. In the same month, the Ministry had signed the Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam Tourism Cooperation (CLMV), which aims to welcome 25 million visitors in the region, with four million ?exchange visitors? in each country, over the period 2013-2015. Myanmar?s tourism infrastructure was already strained by half a million tourists in the first half of 2012, compared to almost 400,000 in 2011. Myanmar?s membership of CLMV is not only un-legislated and un-democratic but it also ignores ?value over volume? advice by the UNWTO. As the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party is widely expected to be voted out in the 2015 elections, the CLMV is seen as the former generals? unscrupulous attempt to make hay while the sun shines..."