YANGON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 4.65 million visitors in the first eight months of this year, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees, told Xinhua on Saturday.
Among them, over 50,000 were foreign visitors, with the most coming from China, Thailand and Vietnam, he said.
The Shwedagon Pagoda is open daily from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time. ■