Mandalay Maha Muni Buddha Image sees around 500 foreign visitors daily

Mandalay Maha Muni Buddha Image sees around 500 foreign visitors daily
Published 5 March 2020
Le Le Aung

 

About 500 foreign tourists visit the Maha Muni Buddha Image in Mandalay on a daily basis. 

Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that started in China, Myanmar has seen a lesser number of Asian visitors,  but travelers from Western countries are still coming. 

According to the data from the pagoda board of trustees, there were over 1,000 foreign visitors daily before the outbreak. Since early January, there has been an average of 500 to 700 foreign visitors as the arrival of Chinese visitors decreases.

“Now we have stuck notices on the walls of the toilets describing how to wash hands.  Vitamin C tablets are given to staff from the information center who deal with foreigners. We also distribute face masks,” said Soe Lin, chairman of the pagoda board of trustees. 

According to the pagoda data, Januar

According to the pagoda data, Ks12,091,000 was earned from visits of 24,182 foreigners in January and Ks72010000 from visits of 14,402 foreigners in February. 

A foreign visitor is charged K5,000 for admission fee as of July 1, 2019.