THE non-profit Yangon Heritage Trust (YHT) will launch heritage tours in Myanmar’s gateway city on September 3.
Walk With YHT tours offer two separate routes – from Strand Road to Scott Market, and the East Downtown and Secretariat tour, which takes participants to the site of the assassination of Aung San, a general and key figure in Myanmar history, and father of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Tours will run on Wednesdays and Saturdays, once in the morning and again in the afternoon. Each tour lasts 2.5 hours and requires a minimum of five participants, with a maximum of 15. Tours are at US$30 per person.
Shwe Yinn Mar Oo, senior communications officer, YHT, said: “We have undertaken significant research into the history of every building, including those on the tour and also peripheral issues which are of interest. YHT’s well-trained tour leaders will bring visitors into the heart of old Yangon with stories and anecdotes from its history from the earliest beginnings to the modern city.”
She added that YHT has produced a self-guided map for Yangon containing six different heritage walks. “Since we are continuing the research work, new routes can also be created in the future. I hope these tours will attract more tourists, researchers, historians and (result in) a new product for the tourism industry.”
Proceeds from the tours will go towards YHT’s continued advocacy work to protect and promote Yangon’s rich urban heritage.
