Myanmar is a place of often understated beauty, and one of the country’s least-known and least-visited parts is the Mergui Archipelago. Over the first decade of the 21st century, the number of tourists who came to the region per year numbered between 1,400 and 2,300. It’s a steady but a small number which echoes the notion of exclusivity and privacy that await lucky visitors who make the trip to this remote archipelago of over 800 islands tucked into Myanmar’s southernmost corner, in the Andaman Sea.

The islands were once used as a place to banish political prisoners (Christie Island being the nexus), but in the “New Burma,” the page has turned. In fact, this little-known island destination may someday become the next great place in the nation, if not the entire region.

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