Over 366,000 visitors entered through
the country's main gateway over the past seven months and the majority
of them were from Asia, which accounted for more than 235,000 tourists.
It was a considerable increased compared to the same period last year
saw 165,000.
Among the Asian tourists, over 52,000
visitors were from Thailand, followed by Japan with over 33,000 visitors
and China with 24,000 visitors.
Chinese tourists ranked fourth place this year, a drop from third place on the same period last year.
The airport has also received over
76,000 visitors from Western Europe, nearly 31,000 from North America,
over 13,000 from Oceania, over 5,000 from Eastern Europe, over 2,000
from other Americas, over 1,600 from the Middle East, and over 1,500
from Africa.
The airport receives an average of over 1,800 visitors daily, compared to only 1,300 visitors last year.
In 2006, Myanmar saw a surge in tourist
arrivals, but the tourism industry suffered three consecutive years of
decline afterwards, following the Saffron Revolution and the Cyclone
Nargis.
The tourism industry started to recover
in 2010 due to political changes in the country and tourists became more
interested in Myanmar due to news coverage by foreign media.
Tourists' interest in Myanmar continues
to increase after 2011 and the country reached its goal of receiving
over 1 million visitors last year.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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