TORISM AS A RIVER FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC EVELOPMENT POTENTIALS OF PYAY AREA, MYANMAR
Abstract
- This Paper attempts to analyse the contributions of the tourism sector in Pyay Area, Myanmar. Pyay and its surrounding areas originally posses a wide range of unique potentials for a diversified tourism development. Tourism has positive socio-economic impacts on the livelihoods of the local people. Recommendations are suggested for the provision of knowledge and skills related to the tourism business to the community in order to improve the well-being of locals from which the entire area and many parts of the society can benefit. In this study, primary data as field observations and expert interviews were conducted and secondary data and GIS analysis mapping explores for the touristic locations in the Pyay Area. The paper identifies the contributions of the tourism sector of cultural potentials and attempts to analyse socio-economic benefits of the tourism industry.
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Year
- 2018
Author
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Hla Yin Nu
Subject
- Geog Geol
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)