YANGON, Myanmar - Ua piʻi aʻe ka nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻea ana ma ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Yangon ma mua o 50 pakeneka i ka makahiki i hala i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2011, wahi a ka Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.

Ma kahi kokoke i 555,000 mau huakaʻi i hōʻea ma ka ʻīpuka nui o ka ʻāina i ka makahiki i hala, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 359,000 ma 2011, wahi a ia.

Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā malihini ma waena o nā hui huakaʻi a me ka poʻe i hana i kā lākou huakaʻi huakaʻi, wahi a ka ʻoihana, me ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka hapa nui mai Thailand, Kina, Iapana, Farani a me Kelemania.

ʻOi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i kipa iā Myanmar i ka makahiki i hala, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 810,000 i ka makahiki 2011.

Ua piʻi pū ka nui o nā huakaʻi ʻoihana i ka makahiki i hala, mai kahi o 70,000 i 2011 a i 114,000.

Me nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻea ana i nā wahi hōkele hou ke kūkulu ʻia nei ma waho o Yangon, ma Mount Popa ma waena o Myanmar a ma Inle Lake ma ka ʻākau. Ua loaʻa iā Myanmar he 782 mau hōkele a me nā hale hoʻokipa me nā lumi he 28,000. Eia naʻe, hoʻopiʻi pinepine ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi no ke kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai lumi a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pono a me nā lawelawe ma lalo o nā kūlana kūloko.