The Rohingya Crisis Hasn’t Hurt Myanmar’s Tourism Industry
- Tourism ministry said Myanmar had 3.4 million visitors in 2017
- Industry could be worth up to $14.1 billion to economy by 2030
A visitor uses a smartphone to take a photograph at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar.
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Myanmar tourist arrivals rose 18 percent last year to 3.44 million visitors, despite international condemnation over the treatment of its Rohingya Muslim population.
Myanmar’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism said it had expected around 3.5 million visitors last year, after arrival numbers dipped to 2.9 million in 2016 from 4.7 million in the previous 12 months.