FOR the coming Kayin New Year Day and December holiday, local visitors have made preparations for their planned trips by con­necting with car rental services as well as by the management of travel companies.

Those who have planned to take a pilgrimage tour or vaca­tion during the December holi­days said they have now started making preparations.

“Our family has hired a car to visit Kyaiktiyo and Bago on Kayin New Year's Day. We have a three-day holiday, so it is conven­ient for travelling. Some people have planned to go visit Bagan,” said a woman.

Some people have made preparations for going on vaca­tion in Bagan-NyaungU-Popa, PyinOoLwin, Taunggyi, Kalaw, Pindaya, Inlay, Hpa-an, Nay Pyi Taw, Mandalay, Bago and Zalun as well as resorts near Yangon, during the December holidays.

As of Thadingyut, the visi­tor arrivals to Bagan have been large, visibly on public holidays and weekends, and they hav­en’t stopped even on weekdays, sources from Bagan.

Likewise, there is the arrival of foreign tourists, and the ma­jority are from Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Germany and Malaysia. — MT/ZS