Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey faced backlash for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination amid widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country.

In a series of tweets, he described his meditation retreat in northern Myanmar last month.

“The people are full of joy and the food is amazing,” he said, before encouraging his over 4 million followers to visit.

Myanmar has been accused of persecuting the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority group over the years. And also, the recent jailing of two Reuters journalists convicted of breaching the state’s Official Secrets Act. They were reporting on the Rohingya crisis.

“Writing what is effectively a free tourism advert for them at this time is reprehensible,” one Twitter user wrote in response to Mr Dorsey’s tweets.

“The tone-deafness here is… wow,” another user said.

“This is an extremely irresponsible recommendation,” one response reads. “Does he pay no attention to the news and the outcry on his own platform?”

Mohammed Jamjoom, a correspondent for Al Jazeera who has interviewed Rohingya refugees, said he was left “utterly speechless” by Mr Dorsey’s tweets.

Meanwhile, Dorsey has yet to respond to the criticisms.