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UNESCO inscribes Myanmar's Inlay Lake as world heritage site

Xinhua, June 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Myanmar's famous Inlay Lake has been inscribed as a natural world heritage site in UNESCO'S Man and Biosphere program, said a press release of the United Nations Information Center here Wednesday.

Inlay Lake, located in Nyaungshwe Township, Taunggyi District in Myanmar's eastern Shan State, was listed as the first Biosphere Reserve of Myanmar at the 27th Session of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) International Coordinating Council (ICC) meetings held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on Tuesday, the release said.

UNESCO has been providing technical support to Myanmar, working in close collaboration with the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry (MoECAF) Myanmar and UNDP with support from the government of Norway to designate Inlay lake region which covers a total area of 489,721 hectares.

The wetland ecosystem of this freshwater lake is home to 267 species of birds, out of which 82 are wetland birds, 43 species of freshwater fishes, otters and turtles. Diverse flora and fauna species are recorded, the release said.

The best time of the year to visit Inlay Lake is from September to October.

According to official statistics, Myanmar in 2014 received 3.05 million foreign tourists, up 49.5 percent from 2.04 million in 2013.

The country targets to attract 5 million world tourists in 2015. Endi