During the rainy season, Bagan in the dry zone has no shortage of daily tourists, and the number of visitors is likely to increase, according to locals.
The number is not as high as that in the fair weather season, but there is an uninterrupted daily arrival of tourists during the rainy season, and it is more crowded on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays. As there is an annual festival for “they day Bo Min Gaung left” in coming September, there will be more visitors, Bagan residents said.
“If the holiday period is two or three days long, there are a lot of visitors. In previous years, during the rainy season, the arrival of tourists was less. Not only this year. During the festival of the day that Bo Min Gaung left, many tourists come to Bagan. They arrive in express buses. In a year when the Taungbyone festival is held, visitors drop in Bagan after that festival. There is no shortage of tourists to Bagan. Only the number differs,” said a Bagan hotel employee.
Some tour companies in Yangon Region are now selling package trips in September to the festival of the day Bo Min Gaung left (Popa) and the to Bagan-NyaungU pilgrimage tour.
Family groups has decreased among the travellers during the school opening season, but there are more young and middle-aged visitors, and tourist arrivals are expected to increase again from October Thadingyut holidays, which fall in the open season.
During this year’s rainy season, most domestic travellers visit Bagan and Popa in the dry zone, and Hpa-an with natural beautiful scenes, while some make day trips to Chaungtha and Ngwesaung beaches near Yangon.
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