Building of More Hotels in Bagan Prohibited

Myanmar has prohibited the building of any more new hotels in Bagan as they await status of their World Heritage Site re-application.  There are currently 17 hotels under construction in 4 designated zones adjacent to the ancient city. Over the past couple of decades several hotel were allowed to be built within the heart of ancient Bagan: the Aureum Palace Hotel and the Royal Watchtower.  Hotels, motels and guest houses in the area presently total about 75 in four hotel zones.  A fifth zone has been recently designated.  Bagan receives about 1,100 tourists daily totaling about 400,000 last year alone making it one of the top tourist sites in Myanmar.