Yangon plans shuttle service

YANGON Myanmar authorities are studying the feasibility of an airport-downtown shuttle bus service to make transfers more affordable for independent travellers.

Global New Light of Myanmar reported authorities are studying proposed routes for a shuttle service business between Yangon International Airport and downtown Yangon.

Yangon Region Transport Authorities’ secretary, Maung Aung, was quoted saying that new buses imported from China, would join the city’s bus fleet and could be used for the new service.

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An agreement to buy 1,000 new city buses for the roads of Yangon was signed in April between Yangon Bus Service and two Chinese companies, the report said.

The China Yutong Company and Ankai will sell 500 buses each to the YBS. Delivery of the buses are expected soon, it added.

Myanmar welcomed 2.9 million tourist arrivals last year, a decline of 38% in comparison to the 4.68 million visitors in 2015. The huge decline was attributed mainly to new data collection criteria.

Ministry of Hotels and Tourism no longer includes day trippers who travel on border passes. Most of them are traders who cross the border for business and return the same day. The travel industry said the inclusion skewed the genuine tourist and revenue calculations on which business plans and market campaigns are based.

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