Articles tagged “burma”

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.

An ugly side to the usual benefits brought by a burgeoning tourism industry. Strict law enforcement and diligence will help in stamping out a sex economy before it grows.

Burma is starting to feel an economic boost from an influx of visitors, but should be weary of making its borders too porous before it has an infrastructure in place to meet the needs of visitors.

Well-traveled tourists are looking to get into Myanmar quickly before its unspoiled landscape is commercialized, but its fragile infrastructure could crumble from the overcrowding.

Burma's tourism has skyrocketed in the past year, and is now at a crossroads between hotel growth for mass tourism, or keeping rooms limited to maintain a more authentic travel experience.

Hotel growth was sparked by the upcoming sports competition in Burma, and foreign companies which had previously been looking to invest in the country's nascent tourism industry are now taking action.

A somber look behind tourists' favorite pictures reveals the stressful, sometimes deadly, transportation of elephants from Burma to Thailand, and how little is being done to stop their extinction.