Burma (Myanmar): Visas on Arrival Now Available

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | May 12th, 2010 | Trackback

Burma’s military government began issuing visas on arrival May 1 at the international airports in Mandalay and Rangoon (Yangon). The 28-day visa costs $30 and eliminates the need for tourists and businesspeople to obtain visas from Burmese embassies abroad. The government reportedly made the decision to issue visas on arrival in an effort to increase tourism, which, along with economic development, has been hampered by more than two decades of political repression by hard-line military leaders.

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