Luxury operator Abercrombie & Kent has highlighted the strains placed on Burma’s tourism infrastructure by the recent spike in travel demand to the destination spurred by recent political change.
Managing director Australia Rama Sujata Raman told Travel Today the firm’s booking volumes to the destination had rocketed in the “hundreds of percent,” admitting such growth had been seen by all operators serving the destination.
But the sudden influx was seeing the firm encounter difficulties in the form of short supply of hotel rooms and
cruise boats.
“More vessels are sold out for the coming seasons and we are struggling to get rooms,” she said. There is also a shortage of qualified guides to cater for the rocketing tourist…
