Bagan tourism strategy draws on Japanese advice
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A tourism development plan for Bagan is being drawn up, banking on Japan's advice.
According to the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism (MHT), the plan follows the joint contract between Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Myanmar government. Japanese organisations were in the region in April, to survey its tourism potential.
Their comments would then be compiled by the Japanese government and will be integrated into the development plan.
Japan has also promised technical assistance, though the financial aid is unspecified, according to Aung Zaw, director general of the MHT.
The Bagan region has garnered much interest worldwide and more than 200,000 tourists have visited in 2013.
Among the million tourists that have come to Myanmar in the first four months of 2014, over 100,000 of them have been to Bagan.
Currently, there is an ongoing hotel expansion and altogether 77 hotels, motels and guest houses are in operation in Bagan, according to MHT.
