Almost all of the 82 hotels, motels and guest houses are fully booked in Bagan Ancient Cultural Area in Nyaung-U District, Mandalay Region for Thadingyut holidays, according to officials from Department of Hotels and Tourism (Bagan branch).

There were 267,693 pilgrims visited Bupaya Pagoda and 54,027 pilgrims visited Lawkananda Pagoda in Bagan Ancient Civilization Area from January to August, 2022. There were 575,165 pilgrims visited Bupaya Pagoda and 575,165 pilgrims visited Lawkananda Pagoda from January to August, 2023.

“From January to September this year, 317,981 rooms were being occupied in hotels, motels, and guest houses. It was not the number of pilgrims but the enumeration that took the room. Some stayed for three days and some stayed for a week. There were 9,171 rooms booked from abroad. They have booked rooms in hotels, motels, and guest houses. In the Bagan area, the most visited Shwezigon Pagoda was visited by more than one million domestic and foreign pilgrims from January to September. There were about 150,000 people who visited the Popa Taung Kalat from January to September. Now, there are 152 hotels and motels that have been opened and 82 of them have been re-opened during the coming weekend. A total of 99 percent of them have reserved rooms for visiting during the weekend. Almost all the hotel, motels and guest houses are fully booked. And the Shwezigon Pagoda will be more crowded as there is a Thadingyut Pagoda festival,” said U Myo Min Aung, Assistant Director of Department of Hotels and Tourism (Bagan branch).

When visiting the Bagan ancient culture area, the Department of Hotels and Tourism has also arranged two tours that can be visited together in addition to view the Bagan region's cultural heritage traditions, the beauty of natural water and land scenery, local species of birds, and the artworks.