MYANMAR-POLITICS-LIFESTYLE-TOURISM
TO GO WITH 'Myanmar-politics-lifestyle-tourism,FEATURE' by Kelly Macnamara
This pcture taken on June 1, 2012 shows western tourists visiting the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. The hotels are full or eye-wateringly expensive, creased dollar bills are worthless and credit cards are widely refused -- welcome to Myanmar, Asia's next big tourist destination. International arrivals have rocketed in recent months, with 359,000 foreigners jetting into the main city Yangon in 2011, up 22 percent on the previous year and almost double the figure for 2003. AFP PHOTO / Soe Than WIN
