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   ocr: From 1962 until 1988, tourists were limitedto one- week stays. Burma has recently adopted an open-door policy, designedto attract foreign exchange. Dld. hotels are now being renovated and new ones built injoint ventures with private companies. Much ofthe tinance comes fromJapan, Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong. China is also helping to build an international airport at Mandalay. Since 1990,the junta has been face- lifting historic monuments and relocating "unsightly" villages away from temples at Pagan, Mandalay, Sagaing and Amarapura.