NAYPYITAW, 29 November 2021, (TON): According to Xinhua “the Myanmar junta says it has plans to resume international tourism early next year.”

The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism have announced that in the first phase of reopening tourism, the Ministry expects to welcome visitors from regional countries.

The Ministry’s Public Relations and Information Department said “the ministry needs to make alignment with their reopening plans, travel bubbles or travel corridor schemes.”

An official of the department told the news agency “we are making necessary consultation with government agencies and private associations to systematically receive international visitors when airports and borders reopen.”

The country suspended operations of international commercial passenger flights excluding relief flights, medical evacuation and special flights, and the issuance of all types of visas for foreign nationals from all countries was also suspended.

The Information Ministry says land border crossings with Thailand will reopen next month ahead of a resumption of international air travel by the end of the first quarter of 2022.