
A photo made available on 10 March 2012 shows a Myanmar man driving the decorated bullock cart and offering rides at NgweSaung Beach, Pathein, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar, on 07 March 2012

A photo made available on 10 March 2012 shows foreign tourists enjoy themselves at NgweSaung Beach, Pathein, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar, on 07 March 2012.


A photo made available on 10 March 2012 shows a Myanmar boy carries his tubes for hire to the customers at NgweSaung Beach, Pathein, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar, on 07 March 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 photo made available on 10 March 2012 shows western tourists walk on the NgweSaung Beach, Pathein, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar, on 07 March 2012. Myanmar saw a 26-per-cent jump in international tourist 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.
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