People's DailyOnline, December 01, 2006
Myanmar's tourism industry is signaling to boost in the current tour season with reservations at almost all major hotels in the country's tourist sites fully booked, according to local tour operators Friday. Myanmar's tour season lasts from November to May.
Reservations at hotels in Bagan, Mandalay and Inlay have been full up to next February, the sources said.
Meanwhile, air tickets for airlines flying the main route for international transit between Yangon and Bangkok have been sold out, the sources quoted the Thai Airways International (TG), Bangkok Airways (PG), Myanmar Airways International (8M), Phuket Airlines (9R) and Thai Air Asia (FD) as saying.
To meet passenger demand, the main foreign airline of TG flying between the two destinations is arranging to increase its afternoon flight services and the new schedule will last until next March, it added.
Observers see a new record high of one million tourists arrivals in the tour season especially in this year-end through to the first quarter of next year.
