25 more hotels open in Mandalay as tourism surges Myanmar’s second-largest city, Mandalay, now has a total of 129 hotels, after another 25 opened in its downtown and uptown areas from January to July this year. Official figures put the total number in the entire region at 236 hotels with 7,940 rooms as of December 2013.Applications had been filed for permission to build 17 more hotels, and once permission was granted construction would start. Two large hotels, Novotel and another hotel that will be 22 floors, are still under construction and are expected to open next year. Tourist arrivals in the region have increased by 25 per cent year on year, after the curfew was lifted on August 11.Data showed that the recent violence, which led to a month-long curfew in the city, did not affect the tourism industry of the region as a whole, as visitor arrivals in the first seven months exceeded the number during the same period last year.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:07:51 +0000
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