<p>Numbers of villagers fleeing Burma Army atrocities have soared to over 30,000 during recent intensified attacks against the Shan State Army North (SSA-N), causing a dire humanitarian crisis in northern Shan State.</p>

<p>A guidebook launched today gives tourists an alternative view of Shan State by providing a pictorial expos&eacute; of the deliberate neglect, destruction and reinvention of local cultural and historical sites.</p>