In recent years, the beach located in Kungyankon Township has become an increasingly popular weekend escape with Yangonites. It sits close to a former luxury and now dilapidating Letkokkon beach resort built by the military government in the 1990s.
The Yangon regional government is going to study the potential of Sal Eain Tan beach as a tourist destination. A sustainable plan of the beach development that takes into consideration both the environment and local traditions is needed.
Currently the area lacks reliable transportation links and electricity supply. There is no accessibility to clean water sources and no wastewater treatment system.
If the area's tourism potential confirmed, the ruined Letkotkon Hotel which is now owned by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism may be rebuilt. Under the military regime it was an official resort destination that welcomed both foreign and local guests.
Speaking about beaches in Myanmar, it was announced earlier this year that several beaches along the Rakhine coast will be opened for new hotel projects in order to draw more tourism investments into the state. The three areas designated for development are the Gyite Taw, Maw Yone and Maung Shwe Lay beaches. All of them are located near Ngapali Beach and Kantharyar Beach.
Myanmar Opens New Beaches, Develops Tourism Infrastructure
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Sal Eain Tan beach two hours south of Yangon, Myanmar, may get modern tourism infrastructure. Before any investment a respective feasibility study will be carried out.