Feb

2015

Myanmar Ecotourism Policy and Management Strategy for Protected Areas 2015-2025

Country: Myanmar
Pages: 62

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As Myanmar opens up for international tourism, and domestic tourism also ascends to new heights, the Ministries of Hotels and Tourism and Environmental Conservation and Forestry have prepared the Myanmar Ecotourism Policy and Management Strategy. Building on the Union Government’s socioeconomic, tourism, biodiversity, forestry and climate change frameworks, this Policy and Strategy focuses specifically on the relationship between tourism and protected areas relationship. Its recommendations are based on an extensive review of strategic issues currently shaping this policy arena, including an assessment of destinations designated for ecotourism by the Union Government. Recognising the critical importance of ‘getting ecotourism right from the outset’, the Policy and Strategy sets out a long-term vision for the sector, together with a five-year management strategy that sets the foundations for managing the tourism and protected areas. The Policy defines what ecotourism means in the Myanmar context, and lays out a sector vision that states

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