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Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda attracts over 3.45 mln visitors in 5 months

Xinhua
| June 10, 2026
2026-06-10

YANGON, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 3.45 million visitors during the first five months of this year, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees, told Xinhua on Wednesday.

From January to May, over 34,000 foreign visitors visited the pagoda, with the most coming from China and Thailand, he said.

The Shwedagon Pagoda is open daily from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time. Enditem

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