via Mizzima, 26 February 2023: Due to a sharp decline in foreign tourists after the 2021 Myanmar coup, only one out of four hot-air balloon companies is expected to operate in Bagan after April.
Hot-air balloon operators in Myanmar’s former tourist Mecca of Bagan are having to adjust their operational plans due to a substantial drop in foreign tourist numbers due largely to the fall-out from the 2021 Myanmar military coup.
Four hot-air balloon companies used to provide services for panoramic birds-eye views visitors in the beginning of this tourist season but only three companies namely Balloon over Bagan (BOB), Oriental Ballooning Bagan (OBB) and Shin Than Thu (STT) are still providing their services and this looks set to change.
OBB will reportedly suspend their service in the last week of February and BOB will suspend its business on 11 April.
