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...HMNH has shown itself to be complicit in this situation, especially since tourism almost exclusively benefits the SPDC and impedes progress towards democracy and human rights in Burma. Most of the products sold in Burma are produced by industries tied to the SPDC, and their purchase directly finances the government’s human rights abuses, because the SPDC uses much of its hard currency to purchase arms. As a tourist in Burma, it is impossible to avoid financing the corrupt, fiscally-strapped military regime. The entry certificates paid by the 500,000 visitors to Burma each year supply...
...HMNH justifies its trip by claiming “openness” benefits the Burmese inhabitants economically and socially. But numerous reports, such as one by the U.N. in 1995 and another by the U.S. Department of Labor in 1998, have demonstrated that foreign tourism leads to increases in forced labor, which is used for construction around historical sites that host tourists. For these reasons, the democratically-elected government of Burma has expressed that it does not support tourism...
...these statistics make clear, higher education is a big business unto itself. But it also underlies many of the other sectors of our economy, such as our health care, technology, tourism and arts and culture industries, to name only...
...curtain is finally lifting. Last week Seoul announced the ban would be removed on Jan. 1, 2004 (although a decision on TV shows and animated films is still pending). Culture and Tourism Minister Lee Chang Dong declared that "brisk cultural exchange between Korea and Japan is the shortcut to increasing mutual understanding...
...That's where we meet Mr. Truong, our guide. His card reveals he's a manager in a state-run tourism company. But we're wondering if he's a government spy. He seems strangely jittery about us talking to people on the road. And then there's his hair. In two years working as a correspondent in Vietnam, I've developed a private theory about communist officials and combovers: the lower the part, the higher the rank...