How to Tip in Myanmar 🇲🇲

Currency: Myanmar kyat (MMK)
Average monthly salary: about 195 USD

💡 General Tipping Etiquette

Tipping in Myanmar is pretty new, as tourism is still kind of developing.

🍽️ Restaurants

Not expected, but 10 % or 2000 kyat are appreciated

🚕 Taxis

Round up the fare

🏨 Hotels

1 $ per bag is ok, rather common in high-end hotels, 1 $ per night for cleaning staff

👨‍🌾Tour guides

Around 7-10 $ for a whole day (10’000 kyat)

🌏Region

Check out tipping rules for China, Thailand, India or Bangladesh.

Sources: The travel brief & BLOG


Learn more about tipping customs worldwide at how-2-tip.com.

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