Record-breaking Increase in Foreign Tourists Visiting Cambodia Boosts Economy

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(Xinhua file photo: Tourists visit the Angkor Archaeological Park in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, April 16, 2023.)

PHNOM PENH, July 4 (Xinhua) — Cambodia’s Minister of Tourism Thong Khun said on Monday (July 3) Report on the number of foreign tourists visiting Cambodia There were about 2.57 million in the first half of 2023, up 409 percent from 506,762 in the same period last year.

Thailand occupies a leading position in the number of foreign tourists visiting Cambodia. During January-June followed by Vietnam, China, Laos and the United States.

Some 910,000 tourists visited Cambodia via air, a 279 per cent increase, 1.63 million by road, a 526 per cent increase and 30,000 by waterways, a 586 per cent increase. Cambodia handled 10,635 international flights in the first six months.

Koon revealed the latest forecast that Cambodia will receive a maximum of 5 million foreign tourists in 2023, up 120 percent from 2.27 million in 2022, and that the number of tourists will reach 7 million in 2025, above predecessor levels. The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which stood at 6.6 million people.

The recovery of the tourism sector has made an important contribution to Cambodia’s economic growth in the post-pandemic era. It is expected to reach 5.6 percent this year, with tourism being one of the four pillars supporting the Cambodian economy. In addition to exports of clothing, agriculture, construction and real estate.

Kun said that China’s reopening earlier this year Help inject new impetus to Cambodia’s tourism growth Cambodia is expected to attract between 800,000 and 1 million Chinese tourists this year.

Cambodia is famous for its 3 World Heritage Sites: Angkor Archaeological Park or Angkor Wat in Siem Reap Province. Preah Vihear Temple in Preah Vihear Province and Somboon Phrai Khuk Archaeological Site in Kampong Thom Province. It also has 450 kilometers of pristine coastline that runs through the southwestern provinces of Sihanoukville, Kampot, Kep and Koh Kong.

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2023-07-04 11:31:43