An international butterfly museum will be built in Pyin Oo Lwin, a northern city of Myanmar, in December this year, aimed at promoting tourism industry of the country, sources with the National Kandawgyi Garden (NKG) said on Wednesday.
    Over 40,000 butterflies and insects from home as well as those from China, Africa, Malaysia and Thailand will be kept in the museum established in the NKG’s orchid garden, the sources said, adding that butterfly fossil from across the country will also be shown there.
    There is a national wildlife park in snow-capped region in Myanmar where wildlife and rare animals, including butterfly, takes anctuary. The wildlife park lies at Putao between Mularoti and Zayar mountains.
    Meanwhile, a huge flower festival is scheduled to take place in the NKG in the first week of December this year.
    Over 50 kinds of flowers, which broom in the cold season, are to be displayed in the third festival of its kind.
    The first such flower festival was held at the NKG in December 2006 to mark its diamond jubilee while the second was in December 2008.
    The NKG was established in 1915 as a botanical garden and was later expanded in different areas reaching 177 hectares in 2000 which comprises lake, natural forest, observation tower and rose, orchid and bamboo gardens.
    Statistics show that about 400,000 people have visited the NKG annually since it was reopened in 2001.
    Pyin Oo Lwin, lying 69 km east of the second largest city of Mandalay and at over 1,000 meters above sea-level, enjoys cool and pleasant weather all year round. The flower city is well known for its pine trees, eucalyptus and silver-oak abounding in town. Editor: Chris
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