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III. Fill in each blank with the correct form of one of the words given in the box.
(0.2 mark for a correct answer. Total 2.0 marks)
Tourism in Myanmar is a (1) sector. Although Myanmar possesses great tourist potential and (2)
in many respects, much of the industry remains to be (3). The number of visitors to Myanmar is
small compared to her neighbors, outpaced by even Laos. This is (4) due to its political situation.
However, in recent years, the tourism sector saw an increase in tourism arrivals, and in 2012,
tourist arrivals surpassed the one million mark for the first time. In 2013, the Tourism Master Plan
was created, targeting 7.5 million arrivals by 2020.
Tourism has been favored (5) by Myanmar's government, which has (6) tourism since 1992.
Private enterprises also exist, catering to a wide range of tourists. By 2012, more than 1 million
foreign tourists visited Myanmar. In 2013, the number of foreign arrivals reached more than 2.04
million, counting both air and overland arrivals. Tourism has been promoted by advocacy groups
as a method of providing (7) benefit to Burmese civilians, and to avoid (8) the country from the
rest of the world. A former Burmese tourism minister (9) that 12% of the government revenues
are derived from tourism, with the tourism industry contributed $182 million USD in 2007 to the
government's (10) budget.
1. Develop 2. Estimate
7. Main
6. Attract
3. Encouragement
8. Isolated
4. Economy
9. Year
5. Primary
10. Develop