Taipei Economic and Cultural Office opened in Yangon on Monday to provide consular services and facilitate people-to-people contacts between Taiwan and Myanmar.
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The inflow of foreign direct investment into the country’s hotels and tourism industry reached 2.882 billion USD up to February of this fiscal year.

Tourism rose by 17% in 2015 in part because many Americans are rushing to discover the "authentic" Cuba before their fellow countrymen are allowed in.

Investment from European countries in Myanmar has increased since last fiscal year, according to the Myanmar Investment Commission.
In accord with the ongoing investment promotion plans as well as the country’s political transaction, Myanmar Investment Commission said that the country will get more foreign investment when the new government takes office.
The world's biggest watch fair opened in the Swiss city of Basel on Thursday as a slumping luxury market and the soaring popularity of connected timepieces cast gloom over the industry.
In Myanmar’s Central Region, the utensils made of palm wood become popular among foreign visitors.
African business students and entrepreneurs gathered at the Said Business School in Oxford to discuss the continent’s brain drain.
Singapore-based Mitsui-Behn Meyer Venture plans to set up fertilizer plant in Myanmar with the capacity of 100,000 tonnes, according to Singapore Business Standard.
Top Thai Brand Fair 2016 will be running from March 24 to 27, organizers announced Thursday.