A local developer is requesting permission to build a luxury beach resort in Gwa, Rakhine State, that could help establish a new tourism destination to the western coast.

The locally-owned Sea Lion Group has proposed the new “eco resort” for Ma Kyay Ngu Beach, roughly 150 kilometers south of Ngapali Beach, Rakhine State’s most popular tourist locale, reported the Myanmar Times. The 20-hectare complex would include an 80-room hotel, shopping center, an arrival jetty and infrastructure for water sports. The project will require an estimated USD 4.9 million.

“We are expecting investors. We have no objection for such a big project with huge investment value at our beach, as long as it is in line with rules and regulations,” U Aung Kyaw Zan, Rakhine State Minister for Electricity, Industry and Transportation, told the Myanmar Times.

Currently, the Sea Lion Group has merely purchased the land and is working to have it properly re-zoned by state and township authorities. The success of the resort would partially depend on the completion of the Gwa Bridge, a 1300-foot long bridge meant to connect Rakhine State and Ayeyarwady Region. The bridge is set to be completed next year. Along with the bridge, the government is planning an ambitious project called “The Orbit” that will establish hotels, restaurants and other tourism developments on an area of coast stretching from Nga Yote Kaung, Ayeyarwaddy Region, to Gwa, Rakhine State.