654,602 tourists visit Myanmar in 2006-07

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YANGON, June 26 (Xinhua): A total of 654,602 foreign tourists visited Myanmar in the fiscal year 2006-07 which ended in March, bringing about an increase of 11.4 per cent of the country's foreign exchange earning compared with the previous year, a local news journal reported today.
The earning through tourism during the year hit 198.48 million US dollars, up from 178.17 million dollars in 2005-06, said the Weekly Eleven News.
Of the 654,602 tourists visiting Myanmar in 2006-07, 276,613 entered through Yangon checkpoint, 5,763 through Mandalay and Bagan checkpoints and 372,226 through border checkpoints, the report said.