Kasikorn Research Center estimated that Myanmar will supply 135,000 tourist visits to Thailand this year generating Bt4.2 billion in tourism revenue, while Thai visits to Myanmar should exceed 90,000. The country’s tourism has grown from 193,391 visits in 2008 to 391,176 visits in 2011, improving at around 26.5% a year. However, the figure includes cross border travel from Thailand, India and China.
In 2011, 66.4% of tourist arrivals to Myanmar were Asian and the top five suppliers were China, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. Just 22.6% of all arrivals are European tourists mainly from France, Germany and the United Kingdom. The centre expects foreign tourists to reach 500,000 visits, generating tourism income of around US$400 million this year.
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