With 120,000 visitors descending on the lake in 2012, a 50 percent increase over the previous year, the question of tourism — blessing or curse — hangs over Inle.

The race to save Myanmar's Inle LakeIssued on: 19/02/2019 - 10:52 Nyaung Shwe (Myanmar) (AFP) – Advertising Read more ...

From a gently rocking boat, Nyunt Win tends a floating tomato crop in the cool water of Myanmar’s famed Inle Lake, nestled in the Shan Hills and once the country’s most popular tourist spot.

MYANMAR —From a gently rocking boat, Mr Nyunt Win tends a floating tomato crop in the cool water of Myanmar's famed Inle Lake, nestled in the Shan Hills and once the country's most popular ...