Articles tagged “myanmar”

Marriott's entrance into Myanmar is on the cautious side as it both waits for the real estate market to cool a bit and watches to see how much ground the newly opened state makes in communication, banking, and transportation.

In a trend among developing nations, locals get mobile phones before bank accounts making mobile payments an innovative solution for both the local economy and nascent tourism sector.

Myanmar's tourism infrastructure leaves a lot to be desired, especially as the gold rush is on, and an organized plan overseen by experienced players is the right step.

It is a mixture of timing and strategy that landed Best Western in two of today's most challenging hotel markets, but its agility to convert and brand properties has raised its profile abroad.

Among the biggest travel and tourism infrastructure landgrab is happening in Myanmar, and world business leaders will see the reasons for the rush first hand.

This is bound to give Burma a big boost in tourism, at least in intent, though the tourism board has been silent on this opportunity for PR. If this was Tourism Australia we would have seen 15 press releases even before the show aired, then 10 more after to show the intent increase and dollar value attached to it.

Tourists may be more interested in Myanmar’s unsavory history than the one tourism officials will be set on selling, but projects like the new museum will helps foreigners understand the full history of the long-isolated country.

Asian nations receive an enormous economic boost from tourists, but profitability can come at the cost of overrun streets, environmental degradation, and higher expenses for locals.

Myanmar is only a few years away from becoming the next Thailand and the arrival of Hilton and MasterCard, while a necessary driver of the boom, is also what will eventually strip the country of its undiscovered gems.