Economy Pyin Oo Lwin

unique horse carriages , british colonial houses make pyin oo lwin stand out rest of towns in myanmar.

sweater knitting, flower , vegetable gardens, strawberry , pineapple orchards, coffee plantations , cow rearing main local businesses. there has been influx of chinese immigrants (especially yunnan) in recent years. city resort town visitors myanmar s major cities during summertime , popular stop foreign tourists during winter season.

kandawgyi national garden @ pyin oo lwin

established in 1915, national botanical gardens , adjacent pyin oo lwin nursery famous attractions of pyin oo lwin. beautifully created national garden , new national landmarks gardens unique. 4-acre (16,000 m) orchid garden planned 2007.

today, pyin oo lwin particularly noted 4 centres of national economic importance. centre of sericulture (silkworm rearing). sericulture research centre, near national kandawgyi botanical gardens, conducts 3 distinct roles: intensive planting , harvesting of mulberry trees (leaves silk worms, bark handmade paper), rearing of actual silkworms, , reeling of silk cocoons. has large research centre indigenous medicinal plants. , has 1 of country s few pharmaceutical production facilities.

in addition, pyin oo lwin centre of country s principal flower , vegetable production. important flowers grown intensively chrysanthemum, aster , gladiolus, exported every corner of myanmar throughout year. lastly, pyin oo lwin centre of myanmar s rapidly growing coffee industry. number of factories in town process coffee beans country-wide distribution, growing amount prepared export.

a popular sweater store



local strawberry farm