Bagan tourist arrivals reach 200,000 in 2013

NAY PYI TAW—Bagan received nearly 200,000 tourists from Asia, Europe, and North America last year—an increase of more than 30,000 from 2012, according to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.

A total of 194,171 tourists visited Bagan last year and most of them went to the ancient city by air.

“A total of 904 tourists arrived at the airport on December 31. There were more departures on that day. We received more than 1,000 visitors on previous days,” said a staff member at Nyaung-U Airport.

The majority of the tourists were from France, Germany, Thailand, and South Korea. A total of 162,984 tourists visited Bagan in 2012.

source: Eleven Myanmar

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