Tourism Sector

The Sector Wide Impact Assessment (SWIA) on Tourism in Myanmar was the second SWIA undertaken by MCRB, with guidance from the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR).

White Paper on Tourism in Myanmar

Myanmar Tourism Marketing (MTM) held a series of online panel dialogues and discussions entitled “The COVID-19 Wave and Myanmar’s Tourism Industry,” in May 2020 in which MCRB’s Senior Programme Associate Win Min participated.

Briefing Paper on Biodiversity, Human Rights and Business

MCRB has published a briefing paper intended to help business, civil society and government, particularly regulators, understand how some types of investment in Myanmar can negatively impact biodiversity and and thereby affect human rights.

Do No Harm: A Toolkit for the Tourism Industry

This Do No Harm toolkit has been developed for businesses, not-for-profit and government organisations that directly or indirectly supply goods or services to the tourism, travel and hospitality industries.

Manual on Sustainable Management in the Hospitality Sector in Myanmar

GIZ, together with the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism and Myanmar Tourism Federation, has produced an English and Burmese language Manual on Sustainable Management in the Hospitality Sector in Myanmar intended for hotels.

Myanmar Responsible Tourism Institute

Myanmar Responsible Tourism Institute (MRTI) is a new non-profit initiative aiming to support responsible tourism development in Myanmar through knowledge sharing, training and research.

Policy on Community Involvement in Tourism (CIT policy)

The Policy on Community Involvement in Tourism (CIT policy) builds on the Myanmar Responsible Tourism Policy by setting out how community involvement is to be implemented in practice.

Can Myanmar Begin the Journey to Sustainable and Quality Tourism?

MCRB today publishes a sector-wide impact assessment (SWIA) on tourism which highlights some of the positive and negative impacts tourism can have on the country, and the choices to be made.