I have been plannning to visit Burma this summer, as I have written before.

But lately I have been starting to have second thoughts. Some of my friends claim that going to Burma as tourist would in fact imply supporting the military regime. And that I for sure do not want to do!!!

Today I read the following article in Irrawaddy:

http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6648&z=102

They have several other articles also in the same issue about tourism in Burma:

Fueling Repression or Assisting the Oppressed?
http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6647&z=102

Thai Tourists in Burma
http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6646&z=102

Traveling in Burma
http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6645&z=102

So what do you think? Should one go to Burma as a tourist?

Michelle