Chinese tourists see Myanmar as destination for Spring Festival holiday

20 January 2020
Chinese tourists see Myanmar as destination for Spring Festival holiday
Chinese tourists pose for a photo at the Maha Bandoola park in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA

Booking records of travel agencies in China showed that the Chinese tourists had Myanmar as a favourite tourism destination for the nearing Spring Festival holiday, according to MENAFN.

Shanghai-based Trip.com Group said that "For this Spring Festival holiday, our platform received 50 percent more reservations to Myanmar than last year, and most visitors will welcome their Chinese New Year there".

The company said that more than 2,000 Shanghai tourists have booked trips through Spring Tour, one of the biggest travel companies in China, to go to Myanmar in the Spring Festival.