U.S. President Obama gets to fly into Myanmar on Air Force One. But he's missing out on the fun of Kawthaung, a land of smuggled booze and glowing pagodas on the nation's southern tip
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The release of Aung San Suu Kyi in late 2010 and the more recent easing of social, political and economic restrictions in Myanmar have turned the long-isolated nation from the pariah of Southeast Asia to the region's hottest travel destination. Even U.S. President Barack Obama is going.
Around 425,000 foreigners visited Myanmar last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism, with the number projected to increase 30 percent in 2012.
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