A WAY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS FOR MYANMAR ECOTOURISM
Abstract
Myanmar is one of the poorest countries in the World although it has good natural resources, geopolitical location. It is the northwestern-most country of mainland Southeast Asia, bordering China, India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos. Myanmar Economy faces serious challenges to gain probable benefits and success. Therefore, this research focuses on the assessment on Myanmar ecotourism strategy, potential sites and current challenges to develop ecotourism in Myanmar. There are geopolitics opportunities, high potential sites to develop sustainable ecotourism than other neighboring countries of South East Asia. This research recommended to apply good practices of international standard ecotourism sites, to build world peace through ecotourism, and to function ecotourism policy to poor community participations, etc.
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Myanmar Ecotourism, Sustainable Ecotourism, Geopolitics, Peace Building, Community ParticipationDownloads
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