Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell has already sent scouts to check out — and subsequently approve — the Kyauk Phyu Palace Hotel, one of only a few establishments that is geared up for foreign guests in the town.
Locals say they are excited to be welcoming more overseas visitors — very few tourists come to this part of Myanmar, despite now frequent flights from the commercial capital Yangon some 400 kilometres to the south-east.
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