The international tourism development plan being prepared by the junta to reopen in April will not succeed, the tour guides said.

The coup council is preparing to resume international tourism next April after being shut down by the pandemic.

The military council has announced that it will resume international flights from April 17 to allow visitors to enter the country more easily and thus boost international tourism.

However, a local and foreign tour guide said it would not succeed due to strict restrictions, including security concerns.

"We can not travel freely like before. If the guest is a foreigner, we have to inform five days in advance. And the hotels have to guarantee that these foreigners are not involved in politics.

 The hotels do not dare to accept foreigners. We have a problem like that. According to Marshall Law, you have to find a safe place after 8 o'clock,” he added.

In addition, as there are clashes across the country, even domestic tourists will not be able to travel anywhere, so it is believed that foreign tourists will not come.

For tourism to succeed, the country must be stable and peaceful and that strict measures need to be easing, the tour guide said.

The hotel and tourism industries have been shut down across the country for more than two years since the pandemic, with no foreign tourists arriving.