Myanmar bans outbound tours
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Xinhua, quoting the local Voice journal, said Director of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism U Hlaing Win recently met hoteliers and businessmen from travel agencies.
He was quoted saying that domestic travel agencies are allowed only to arrange inbound package tour services within Myanmar for domestic and foreign travelers but not for outbound package tour services.
The official warned of taking action against companies which break the tourism-related rules and regulations, Xinhua reported.
According to the ministry figures, there are 733 registered travel and tour companies in Myanmar.
Tourist arrivals in the country through Yangon entry checkpoint alone hit over 47,000 in the first four months (April-July) of the fiscal year 2007-08, up 20% from 2006-07 correspondingly, other local reports were quoted saying.
According to local statistics, in 2006-07, some 654,600 foreign tourists visited Myanmar.
The tourists visiting Myanmar mostly came from Thailand, China, South Korea and Japan in Asia, Germany, France and Italy in West Europe and some countries in North America.
Myanmar so far has over 600 hotels with 23,000 rooms, in addition to the 733 travel companies.
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