31 October
THE Magway Region Tourism Committee issued licenses to two motels and permitted license renewals of two hotels at a meeting held on Tuesday.
During the meeting, the tourism committee grant-ed permission for forming a local tour guide association and one tour company. It also approved the license renewal of five tour guides.
The regional tourism committee gave its permission to the inspection team to check My River View Hotel in Magway to grant a business license.
Additionally, the meeting highlighted developing a hotel zone near the Shwesettaw area, developing ecotourism, elephant-based tourism, cultural tourism, and organic tourism in the Shwesettaw Pagoda precinct and Nat Yekan village; Myanmar traditional hairstyle Sayintwine (top-knot with a fringe) culture; community-based tour-ism in Htantabingon village in Htilin Township and Kyunkalay village in Pakokku Township.
Earlier, the hotels and tour-ism sector were regulated by the Union government. With the Myanmar Tourism Law 2018 coming into effect, the sector has been decentralized to the region and state governments, said Naw Pan Thinzar Myo, the Yangon Region Minister for Kayin Ethnic Affairs.
Than Naing Oo (Translated by Ei Myat Mon)
