Myanmar’s tourism dreams pierced by Rohingya crisis

YANGON: Only a few years ago Beyonce and - junta-run country’s rise as one of the hottest new tourist destinations on the map.

But that dream is cracking as images of - staggering scale of human suffering that has festered along the border.

- fear through a nascent industry that was gearing up for its high season in October.

- ber and November have been cancelled due - Naing from New Fantastic Asia Travels pristine beaches and mist-shrouded lakes that dot the lush country.

other Asian countries cited security reasons boycotted because of the humanitarian

foreign tourists could still be seen circling the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda that looms over the former capital.

But they admitted that the ongoing crisis is an awkward backdrop for their holiday.

were dangerous and that they were not crisis that has spiked religious tensions in the Buddhist majority country.

Some distinguished guests are also keep deciding to skip a stop in the former colony