{"id":1857,"date":"2005-01-27T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-27T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2005\/01\/27\/burma-revisited-by-anna-roberts-burma-campaign\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T11:35:34","slug":"burma-revisited-by-anna-roberts-burma-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/burma-revisited-by-anna-roberts-burma-campaign.html","title":{"rendered":"Burma Revisited by Anna\n Roberts, Burma Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n A few months ago, we invited Globetrotter e-newsletter<br \/>\n readers to send us their views on visiting Burma.  One<br \/>\n of the responses we included in February 2004 was from a<br \/>\n retired British diplomat, Derek Tonkins.  Since this<br \/>\n time, Burma Campaign have been in touch and provided an<br \/>\n alternative view on visiting Burma.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n While there is much that is misleading and inaccurate in<br \/>\n Derek Tonkin&#039;s article &#039;Burma Revisited&#039;, no-one<br \/>\n can argue with the statement that &ldquo;we should primarily<br \/>\n be guided by the wishes and advice of the Burmese<br \/>\n people&rdquo;. However, the wishes of the Burmese people for<br \/>\n or against tourism cannot be gauged from a dubious survey of<br \/>\n anecdotal reports. In fact, with around 75% of Burma&#039;s<br \/>\n people making their living from agriculture, most people in<br \/>\n Burma have never met a tourist.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/enews-01-05-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"237\" height=\"320\" alt=\"Aung San Suu Kyi\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" align=\"right\" \/> The fact is that the<br \/>\n call for a tourism boycott comes from Burma&#039;s elected<br \/>\n leaders. The National League for Democracy (NLD), who won a<br \/>\n landslide victory in Burma&#039;s 1990 election, remains the<br \/>\n only party mandated to represent the Burmese people and it is<br \/>\n a party that continues to draw the support and respect of<br \/>\n people inside and outside the country. Burma&#039;s Government<br \/>\n in exile, the National Coalition Government of the Union of<br \/>\n Burma (NCGUB), supports the boycott and it is a position that<br \/>\n has the backing of exile Burmese democracy groups around the<br \/>\n world.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n Derek Tonkin&#039;s criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi for not<br \/>\n having &ldquo;had time to discuss it [tourism policy]<br \/>\n properly&rdquo; in May 2002, when she had only just been<br \/>\n released from house arrest, may leave him wondering what NLD<br \/>\n policy really is. However, a look at their official<br \/>\n statements will show that in 2003 the NLD confirmed that<br \/>\n &ldquo;the present situation has not reached the extent that<br \/>\n tourists should be encouraged to visit Myanmar<br \/>\n (Burma).&rdquo;\n <\/p>\n<p>\n Burma&#039;s military regime has identified tourism as a vital<br \/>\n source of income and it is working hard to develop the<br \/>\n industry. According to the Ministry of Tourism, its top two<br \/>\n objectives in developing tourism are to generate foreign<br \/>\n exchange earnings and attract foreign investment. Compared to<br \/>\n its neighbours, Burma&#039;s tourism industry may be small but<br \/>\n it is still earning a cash strapped regime millions of<br \/>\n dollars every year. It seems odd that while Derek Tonkin is<br \/>\n arguing for more tourists to visit Burma, he also admits that<br \/>\n an increase in tourist numbers would help prop up the regime.<br \/>\n Such a rise in tourist numbers would also result in an<br \/>\n increase in investment to support that tourism. But<br \/>\n investment in Burma does not benefit the vast majority of<br \/>\n ordinary Burmese people. The regime spends nearly half the<br \/>\n government budget on the military but less than 44p per<br \/>\n person per year on health and education combined.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/enews-01-05-child-labour.jpg\" width=\"254\" height=\"320\" alt=\" \" class=\"pic\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" align=\"left\" \/> The article also fails to mention<br \/>\n that in Burma many human rights abuses are directly connected<br \/>\n to the regime&#039;s drive to develop the country for<br \/>\n tourists. Throughout Burma men, women and children have been<br \/>\n forced to labour on roads, railways and tourism projects;<br \/>\n more than one million people have been forced out of their<br \/>\n homes in order to &#039;beautify&#039; cities, suppress<br \/>\n dissent, and make way for tourism developments, such as<br \/>\n hotels, airports and golf courses. And these abuses are not<br \/>\n confined to history. In February 2004, for example, Burmese<br \/>\n soldiers rounded up ethnic Salons, or &#039;sea gypsies&#039;<br \/>\n who normally live on boats in the Mergui Archipelago, forced<br \/>\n them to live on land and to take part in a &#039;Salon<br \/>\n Festival&#039; aimed at foreign tourists.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n A further claim that &ldquo;travel and tourism advance the<br \/>\n cause of democracy&rdquo; is totally unsubstantiated.<br \/>\n Tourists in Burma rarely witness the internal repression so<br \/>\n prevalent in the country, indeed much of Burma remains<br \/>\n strictly off-limits to tourists. One tour operator to Burma<br \/>\n recently remarked &ldquo;I regularly travel throughout<br \/>\n Myanmar and have never seen any of the abuses that appear in<br \/>\n the Western press&rdquo;.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n The typical tourist on holiday in Burma is there to visit a<br \/>\n beautiful country, look at the historic monuments and temples<br \/>\n and enjoy an exotic holiday destination. But even for those<br \/>\n tourists wishing to see Burma&#039;s problems for themselves,<br \/>\n there is very little opportunity to discover the realities of<br \/>\n life in Burma. Burmese people are not free to discuss<br \/>\n politics with foreigners and can face punishment or<br \/>\n imprisonment if the strict regulations for dealing with<br \/>\n foreigners are not adhered to. For example, in September 2004<br \/>\n two Japanese tourists were arrested for not obtaining a visa<br \/>\n within the country to visit a ruby-mine town in Shan State.<br \/>\n Their two Burmese companions were charged with laws relating<br \/>\n to hotel and tourism acts and their two Burmese hosts were<br \/>\n charged with failure to report the presence of strangers to<br \/>\n the authorities.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n The people of Burma need our support and solidarity. We can<br \/>\n provide that support very simply by listening to Burma&#039;s<br \/>\n democrats and choosing not to holiday in Burma.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n The Burma Campaign UK is part of a global movement for<br \/>\n democracy in Burma and is the only national organisation in<br \/>\n the UK dedicated to campaigning for human rights and<br \/>\n democracy in Burma.  For more information on Burma<br \/>\n Campaign&rsquo;s activities, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/burmacampaign.org.uk\/\">www.burmacampaign.org.uk<\/a>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, we invited Globetrotter e-newsletter readers to send us their views on visiting Burma. 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