2007

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The biggest travel taboo

This article was published in The Observer on 29 April 2007. Fiona Dunlop explores the tourism debate.

Burma: Should I go?

Found on the TimesOnline website on April 25, 2007. Written by Dominic Mason after returning from Burma.

Burma: would you go?

Found on The Guardian website, this is a poll for the public to cast their vote on how they feel about the tourism boycott.

Chinese account for highest number of tourists to Myanmar

According to the Kachin News Group, Chinese account for the highest number of tourists to Myanmar. June 28, 2007

Does Burma Need You?

If you want to help the people of Burma, then go, says Thant Myint-U. You'll only be funding the military if you do, counters Mark Farmaner. Published in the Times Online on May 19, 2007.

The troubled road to Mandalay

Written by Tom Chesshyre in The Times, UK on February 11, 2007

Engaging with Burma - Burma deserves tourism, and more

Editorial Ethical Corporation Magazine, UK January 13, 2007

Roy's Rough Burma Guide

An article by Jim Andrews found in The Irrawaddy, 11 July 2007, remarking on how little has changed in Burma since Roy Hudson visited 30 years ago.

Fueling Repression or Assisting the Oppressed?

Burma’s tourism industry has grown in recent years, despite a shaky start, but the debate about whether “to go or not to go” rages on. Dominic Faulder reports in The Irrawaddy, Febuary 2007.

Engaging with Burma - Burma deserves tourism and more

Ten years after the Burma tourist boycott began, perhaps its time to start encouraging visitors back to the country. Helen Smith reports in the Ethical Corporation online magazine, on 12th January 2007.

Worldstage: Freezing out the generals does not help the Burmese

Nick Woods reports in the Telegraph, 7th March 2007.

The Moral Minefield

So you’re planning to visit Burma? Then read this first… Aung Zaw reports in The Irrawaddy, February 2007.

Gambling on Lawlessness

A lucrative, illegal casino culture thrives on criminality and a blind eye. William Boot reports in The Irrawaddy, January 2007

The View from the Barber's Chair - Alternative Tourism

The Barber's Chair is a regular Irrawaddy online feature, appearing every Friday. On the 16th February, 2007 it featured tourism.

Publish and Be Damned?

Reported by Jim Andrews, this article looks at the Lonely Planet and Rough Guide competing for readers on opposite sides of the Burma divide. The Irrawaddy, February 2007

The Alternative Tourist Trail

The Irrawaddy advises an alterative tourist trail in it's February 2007 edition

Publish and be damned?

Reported by Jim Andrews in The Irrawaddy on 9th February 2007

Thai Tourists in Burma

History book prejudices fade away as increasing numbers of Thais visit their largest neighbor. Sai Silp reports in The Irrawaddy's February 2007 edition.

Epic Film Drives Thais to Burma

Reported by Sai Silp and published in The Irrawaddy on February 7, 2007.

Tourism grows in Myanmar, despite political woes

'Tourism grows in Myanmar, despite political woes', reported by Hla Hla Htay in Agence France Presse on March 7, 2007

A Tourist's Paradox

Jeff Greenwald writes in the 'Yoga Journal' on whether an ethical yogi can visit Burma as a Buddhist country while the military junta rules.

Tourism to Burma

An article found in the Burma Digest, 5th August, written by Min Khin Kyaw. This article discusses tourism in Burma from a local perspective. The author highlights the important role that tourism can play as a form of activism as long as visitors are aware of, and sympathetic to, the realities in Burma stressing the importance of acting with humanity whilst there and continuing to discuss the conditions and the situation in Burma.

First tourist snapshots from Myanmar (Burma)'s new capital

Found on the boingboing website, this article has photographs and looks briefly at Burma's new capital city.

Myanmar says protests not putting off tourists

Hla Hla writes in the Agence France Presse on August 30 about the effect that current protests in Burma may have on the tourism industry.

Burma Goes from Bad to Worse

An article by Thant Myint-U on the Time website, 30 August 2007, reporting on the protests over high fuel prices and the changing state of Burma under the junta rule.

Fearful tourists desert Burma after protests – and the economy withers

An article published on 11 October in timesonline.co.uk expressed concerns about tourists no longer visiting Burma due to the recent military crack down.

Burmese Crackdown Crushes Local Tourism Industry

Chad Brouchard write in Voice of America on 11 October about the effect that the military crackdown is having on tourism in Burma.

Burma tourist tells of chained children, pregnant women

Alan Morison, Phuket, Thailand October 19, 2007 The Age, Melbourne Australia

Burma struggles to fulfil tourism potential

Amy Kazmin writes in the German Financial Times on 9 October about Burma as a tourist destination.

Vacationers face a dilemma over Burma: To boycott or not?

Laura Bly reports, in USA Today on 5 October, on the renewed emphasis that the military crackdown has had on the tourism debate in Burma looking at both sides of the arguement.

Through Myanmar Darkly

New York Times By CHARLES LONDON Published: October 21, 2007

Answers in the Past

Lakshmi Indrasimhan internviews Thant Myint-U, a former UN official and the author of the recent history of Burma, The River of Lost Footsteps. Thant Myint-U opposes sanctions and encourages tourism in Burma. Tehelka, 28 November, 2007

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