Tourist arrivals to Mandalay Region reached over 550,000 during the period from January to October this year, with China being the biggest source of visitors, according to the statistics from Directorate of Hotels and Tourism (DOHT), under the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. The total number of international travelers rose around 50,000 when compared to the same period last year.

IN Kayin and Mon States where there are plenty of natural lime-stone-mountains, caves such as ‘Bayintnyi  Cave’,  ‘Yathaypyan  Cave’, ‘Kawtgone Cave’, ‘Waep-yan  Cave’  and  ‘Saddan  Cave’  are the famous tourist attrac-tions for those from home and abroad.

ILEFT my  home  town  more  than  40  years  ago.  The last time I went there was  more  than  11  years  ago.

With the annual forming of the sea of clouds, local and foreign visitors have begun camp-ing at Sapphagon Mountain in Nawnghkio to enjoy the cloud phenomenon.

Ayeyawady Region’s Ngwe Saung is a popu-lar beach among local and foreign travellers visiting Myanmar. It is located to the west of Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal. ‘Ngwe’ means silver, which perfectly describes the silver sand on the beach.