More than 1.1 million tourists visited Myanmar via Techilek border gate from January to November 21 in this year, according to figures from Ministry of Hotel and Tourism.

The tourists are from Thailand, China, Japan, South Korea and third party countries.

The number of tourist arrival from airports, ports and border gates from January to September in this year is increased to over 600,000 in compared with the same period in last year arrival, according to Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population.

In 2018, tourist arrival from January to December was 3.5 million and 3.4 million in 2017. Most of the tourists used border gates to visit Myanmar, according to the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism.