A photo made available on 10 February 2012 shows Burmese pilgrims worship Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda also known as
Golden Rock Pagoda in Kyaik Hto township, Mon State, Myanmar, 08 February 2012. Myanmar saw a 26-per-cent jump in international arrivals in 2011 and is facing a hotel room shortage in 2012 if business continues to boom, industry officials said. Total tourist arrivals to Myanmar in 2011 were 816,369, up from 791,505 in 2010, according to the government's
Myanmar Tourism Board.
Tourism revenues amounted to 319 million US dollars last year, compared with 254 million US dollars in 2010.
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda or Golden Rock
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A photo made available on 10 February 2012 shows a foreign tourist being carried by Burmese labors on a palanquin near Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda also known as Golden Rock Pagoda at Kyaik Hto township, Mon State, Myanmar, 08 February 2012. Myanmar saw a 26-per-cent jump in international arrivals in 2011 and is facing a hotel room shortage in 2012 if business continues to boom, industry officials said. Total tourist arrivals to Myanmar in 2011 were 816,369, up from 791,505 in 2010, according to the government's Myanmar Tourism Board. Tourism revenues amounted to 319 million US dollars last year, compared with 254 million US dollars in 2010
A Myanmar woman stands between railway tracks as she waits for a train at a station in Yangon on February 1, 2012. Myanmar is emerging from political and economic isolation after decades of military rule since a nominally civilian government took power last year. With the West looking at easing sanctions and businesses closely watching sweeping democratic reforms in the country, Myanmar needs to prepare for an anticipated increase in investments and tourism, analysts said.
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Myanmar woman waits on a pier for a ferry to take her across the Yangon river from Dala to nearby Yangon on February 2, 2012. Myanmar is emerging from
political and economic isolation after decades of military rule since a nominally civilian government took power last year. With the West looking at easing sanctions and businesses closely watching sweeping democratic reforms in the country, Myanmar needs to prepare for an anticipated increase in investments and
tourism, analysts said
This picture taken on February 4, 2012 shows workers using hammers to pound on bundles of gold sheets as they flatten them into thin gold leaves which are then put onto Buddha images by worshippers, at a workshop in Mandalay, northern Myanmar. Myanmar is emerging from political and economic isolation after decades of military rule since a nominally civilian government took power last year. With the West looking at easing sanctions and businesses closely watching sweeping democratic reforms in the country, Myanmar needs to prepare for an anticipated increase in
investments and tourism, analysts said.
This picture taken on February 4, 2012 shows a worshipper putting a gold leaf onto a seated Buddha image at the Mahamuni temple inMandalay, northern Myanmar. Myanmar is emerging from political and economic isolation after decades of military rule since a nominally civilian government took power last year. With the West looking at easing sanctions and businesses closely watching sweeping democratic reforms in the country, Myanmar needs to prepare for an anticipated increase in investments and tourism, analysts said.
A picture made available on 08 Februrary 2012 shows tourists walk on Chaungtha beach at Ayeyawaddy division, Myanmar, on 07 Februrary 2012. Myanmar saw a 26-per-cent jump in international arrivals in 2011 and is facing a hotel room shortage in 2012 if business continues to boom, industry officials said. Total tourist arrivals to Myanmar in 2011 were 816,369, up from 791,505 in 2010, according to the government's Myanmar Tourism Board. Tourism revenues amounted to 319 million US dollars last year, compared with 254 million US dollars in 2010.
A woman arranges her vegetable basket before heading to the market as she arrives by boat to Pathein, some 200 kms west of Yangon, on February 8, 2012. Myanmar is emerging from political and economic isolation after decades of military rule since a nominally civilian government took power last year. With the West looking at easing sanctions and businesses closely watching sweeping democratic reforms in the country, Myanmar needs to prepare for an anticipated increase in investments and tourism, analysts said.
Vendors walk on the beach as they look for customers in Chaung Tha Beach on the Bay of Bengal, some 250 kms west of Yangon, on February 8, 2012. Myanmar is emerging from political and economic isolation after decades of military rule since a nominally civilian government took power last year. With the West looking at easing sanctions and businesses closely watching sweeping democratic reforms in the country, Myanmar needs to prepare for an anticipated increase in investments and tourism, analysts said.
A vegetable vendor stands on her boat as she waits for customers at a pier on the Pathein river in Pathein, some 200 kms west of Yangon, on February 8, 2012. Myanmar is emerging from political and economic isolation after decades of military rule since a nominally civilian government took power last year. With the West looking at easing sanctions and businesses closely watching sweeping democratic reforms in the country, Myanmar needs to prepare for an anticipated increase in investments and tourism, analysts said.
