25 January 2024
There has been an increase in the number of local visitors who ride hot-air balloons above Bagan to see the beautiful scenery from above.
As a result of balloon flight companies giving discounts, this has happened.“The hot-air balloon flight price was about K350,000 per person previously, so only foreigners could afford it. But now hot-air balloon companies have offered discount prices at around K250,000-K270,000 per person, that is why the number of local customers is larger than foreign customers,” said U Kyaw Myo Win, director of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Bagan branch).
Currently, visitors from all over Myanmar are arriving in Bagan, and of foreign tourists, the majority are from Thailand, followed by Russia.
Bagan’s visitor numbers began to rise last summer and visibly mounted as of last October Thadingyut period, resulting in a shortage of hotel rooms that even led visitors to stay in monasteries.
