She told me to recognise my self-interest next time. In a newsletter, I once encouraged our clients to visit a certain country soon after a natural disaster and my mother told me off: she said it sounded a little self-interested. They had clearly cared about the issue and I felt they deserved a response. They weren’t a previous client, but they were readers of our newsletters and regularly interacted with our blogs. “I still don’t think you should be promoting holidays to Myanmar” was a comment made to me recently by a thoughtful correspondent. For those who have travelled to Myanmar, I’m sure your thoughts are with the amazing people you met along the way. We will continue to monitor the situation and advise if travel is safe and worthwhile, both for the people of Myanmar and for you as travellers. They are understandably distraught though living in Phnom Penh, they are deeply concerned about friends and family directly affected by the coup and now face more angst after nearly a year of no travel. Our in-country partners for Cambodia and Myanmar are an inspirational couple who built their sustainable and values-led business from scratch. Judging by the level of support the NLD received in the November 2020 elections, there is overwhelming support for a democratic process in the country. It’s just very sad and unsettling and such a setback for the remarkable people of Myanmar, who have already weathered too many years of political unrest. As you have probably read, there was a military-led coup with Aung San Suu Kyi and her fellow NLD (National League for Democracy) leaders put under arrest.Ī shocking, yet not altogether unsurprising turn of events. I would like to address the elephant in our room (beyond Coronavirus) right now – which is what happened in Myanmar over the weekend.
MYANMAR NOW UPDATE
February 2021 update on the situation in Myanmar