These include the lifting of sanctions, the release of political prisoners and the floatation of the Myanmar currency, which is currently trading at about 850 kyats (pronounced “chat”) to the U.S.

While most people flock to countries like Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam when they’re looking for a Southeast Asia adventure, there’s one destination that they’ll be sad they overlooked. Dotted with ...

Despite a brutal civil war, Myanmar’s holiday industry is trying to revive interest in the army-ruled country. Hailing a "glowing sense of optimism and positivity within Myanmar’s tourism industry ...

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It was mostly business as usual for Myanmar tourism at the Pacific Asia Travel Association's 2018 travel mart. With visitation to Myanmar declining from Europe, the Americas, and Africa, Myanmar is ...

This Black travel movement is no joke. We’re out here touring the world in record numbers, like never before. One look at social media and you can see us living it up in Miami, wandering the streets ...

If you do not agree with the oppressive nature and policies of a country’s government, is it better to stay away and protest those policies by not spending your tourist dollars there, or does staying ...

MANDALAY, Myanmar — Rudyard Kipling brought worldwide attention to Myanmar – then part of colonial British India – in a famed 1890 poem called “Mandalay.” Kipling extolled the beauty of this ...

BAGAN, Myanmar — Mr. Aye has a round, aged face and a wide, betel-nut-stained smile. Like many Burmese, he punctuates his speech with giggling, which can be alarming to a Westerner. “Just three years ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce the addition of new countries to the controversial U.S. travel ban in the coming week. Trump, whose original ban included countries such as Iran, ...

Factbox-Why Myanmar's Travel-Shy Leader Could Be Difficult to Arrest By Shoon Naing (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking an arrest warrant for Myanmar's leader and ...

TULSA, Oklahoma — Suan Mang's restaurant has helped establish a sense of community for him and fellow refugees from Myanmar's persecuted Zomi minority group living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but President ...