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In order to maximise the positive effects of a visit among the general populace, while minimising support of the government, follow these simple tactics:
Stay at private, locally owned hotels and guesthouses; Avoid package tours connected with Myanmar Travel and Tours; avoid MTT-sponsored modes of transport, such as most Yangon-Mandalay Express trains, the MTT ferry between Mandalay and Bagan, and Myanma Airways (MA) flights; buy handicrafts directly from the artisans, rather than from government shops; avoid patronising companies involved with the military-owned Myanmar Economic Holdings. Companies with solid links to the Tatmadaw (armed forces) are often called Myawadi or Myawaddy; write to the Myanmar government and to the Myanmar embassy in your country expressing your views about the human-rights situation there.
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