Recently, with the popularity of the movie "All or Nothing" and the continuous exposure of online telecommunications fraud cases in northern Myanmar, the security problems in northern Myanmar have attracted more attention, which has also affected normal travel to Myanmar.
On August 21, the reporter learned from an international travel agency that often organized Myanmar tour groups: Although the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China has released outbound tours to Myanmar on August 10, there are still no guests consulting Myanmar tours, and there are no Myanmar tour groups.
Poster for the movie "All or Nothing". /Internet
Mr. Xu is an insider in an international travel agency in Kunming, Yunnan Province, and one of his most important tasks is to connect with tourists from all over the country in Kunming and form tour groups to Myanmar. According to him, "There are two mature routes in Myanmar, one is the Bagan Cultural Tour, where tourists can visit thousands of pagodas, take a hot air balloon, and watch the sunrise and sunset in the Bagan Plain; The other is a beach trip to southern Myanmar, where the more famous beaches include Wai Sang Beach and Ngeburi Beach. Due to the large number of flights from Yunnan Province to Myanmar, almost thousands of people sent out of us every month to fly directly to the three major cities of Yangon, Naypyidaw and Mandalay in Myanmar to visit and travel abroad. ”
Mr. Xu said that only a handful of people have visited Myanmar this year: "At present, most of the people we receive to Myanmar are business guests who go to Myanmar for business. Recently, everyone has seen a lot of information on the Internet, and no guests have come to consult Myanmar travel, and there are no Myanmar tour groups going out. ”
Myanmar outbound group tourism has recently been released. /Respondent
The same situation has occurred in Chongqing, the reporter interviewed an international travel agency manager Huang, he said: "Although the country has liberalized Myanmar group tours, but no one has consulted yet, so we are also waiting, in fact, Myanmar itself is a relatively niche route." ”
Mr. Xu said that the lack of interest in Myanmar tourism has indeed been affected by the telegram in northern Myanmar. Regarding the prospects of Myanmar tourism, Mr. Xu said: "Recently, tourism products to Myanmar have come out, and the travel routes of domestic travel agencies have little to do with northern Myanmar. Moreover, to go to the relevant areas of northern Myanmar, a special pass is required. ”
A travel platform can already buy air tickets to Myanmar. /Network screenshot
The reporter checked the flight from Chongqing to Myanmar on a travel platform, and there are already flights to Yangon and Mandalay in Chongqing (no flights to Naypyidaw have been queried). Taking August 22 as an example, the ticket from Chongqing to Yangon was the most expensive 2,147 yuan and the cheapest 1,124 yuan; The ticket from Chongqing to Mandalay is the most expensive 3563 yuan and the cheapest 1689 yuan.
A travel platform can already buy air tickets to Myanmar. /Network screenshot
At the same time, according to data from a travel platform, the total number of orders from the mainland to Myanmar in July and August (including air tickets, hotels, tourism, etc.) is similar to that in May and June, 80% of them are air ticket orders, and hotel orders and travel orders are very small. A travel platform insider revealed: "Judging from the data, there are still very few people who go to Myanmar for tourism and vacation. ”
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Source: People's Concern