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Cambodia named world’s best destination for tourists
The Kingdom has won the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association’s International Travel Award for Best Destination despite the global coronavirus outbreak that has dampen the global tourism industry. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50701107/cambodia-named-worlds-best-destination-for-tourists
Visitors vanish from Asia’s most visited site, Angkor Wat
As dawn breaks, the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor Wat emerge from the gloom – but for once there are no tourists jostling on its steps to capture Cambodia’s most famous sunrise. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700155/visitors-vanish-from-asias-most-visited-site-angkor-wat
COVID-19: Gov’t to set up new economic measures
Despite no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Cambodia since January, the government is planning new measures to tackle the financial effect the virus continues to have on the country. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698578/covid-19-govt-to-set-up-new-economic-measures
Cambodia’s famed Angkor sees 37 percent drop in foreign tourists in first 2 months
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park received 341,494 foreign tourists in the first two months of 2020, down 37 percent over the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697592/cambodias-famed-angkor-sees-37-percent-drop-in-foreign-tourists-in-first-2-months
French chamber supports tourism sector subsidies
The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) in Cambodia has endorsed the government’s measures to address a decline in tourist numbers in Siem Reap. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/french-chamber-supports-tourism-sector-subsidies
Declining tourist numbers reported
The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation has recorded a declining number of foreign visitors coming into the Kingdom in the midst of novel coronavirus fears. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697043/declining-tourist-numbers-reported
Ministries tackle deep reforms in industries
Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra has announced that four ministries have issued two separate inter-ministerial prakas to create a joint inspection group to look into the manufacturing and tourism sectors to strengthen the effectiveness of work, transparency and accountability. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-tackle-deep-reforms-industries
International tourism up but fears for the future
Cambodia earned around $4.91 billion, up 12.4 percent year-on-year from international tourism receipts last year, with 6.61 million international visitors, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695677/international-tourism-up-but-fears-for-the-future
Four-month tax break for hotels and guesthouses in Siem Reap
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that all registered hotels and guesthouses in Siem Reap will be exempt of all taxes from February until May this year. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50694704/four-month-tax-break-for-hotels-and-guesthouses-in-siem-reap
Billions of dollars set to boost visitor attractions in Kingdom
The government has announced that it is preparing to develop a special tourism area in the coastal province of Sihanoukville. In a move to diversify its tourism offerings, citing a need to boost tourism flow into the area. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50693276/billions-of-dollars-set-to-boost-visitor-attractions-in-kingdom
Mondulkiri Airport will aid plans for biggest eco-tourism region in Cambodia
Mondulkiri province has been flagged for transformation into the biggest agro- and eco-tourism destination in Cambodia, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. A feasibility study includes upgrading an airport for the capital, Sen Monorom, for domestic and international destinations. ...
Wuhan coronavirus: Tourism industry could hit turbulence
Tourism industry officials and representatives expressed concern that the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) will devastate Cambodia’s tourism industry following the Kingdom’s first documented case in the coastal province of Sihanoukville on Monday. At a press conference late on Monday, Minister of Health ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wuhan-coronavirus-tourism-industry-could-hit-turbulence
Malaysian firms keen in wastewater treatment and eco-tourism: Ambassador
Malaysian firms are interested in investing in wastewater treatment and eco-tourism in the Kingdom, sectors in line with the country’s bid to boost bilateral trade and strengthen ties with the Kingdom. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50679775/malaysian-firms-keen-in-wastewater-treatment-and-eco-tourism-ambassador
Gov’t, World Bank preparing sustainable ecotourism plan
The Ministry of Environment is working with the World Bank to prepare a Sustainable Landscape and Eco-tourism project to improve the effectiveness of natural resources management, eco-tourism and the value chains of non-timber forest products in targeted provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-world-bank-preparing-sustainable-ecotourism-plan
Revenue, visitors at Angkor temples down again
Visitors to the world-famous Angkor Archaeological Park, Cambodia’s most important tourist draw, were down significantly during the first eleven months of the year. According to the latest report from Angkor Enterprise, who manages ticket sales at the temple complex, from January to November, revenue from ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50666505/revenue-visitors-at-angkor-temples-down-again/
Mekong countries agree to strengthen tourism cooperation
Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have agreed to boost tourism cooperation, including improving infrastructure and marketing techniques and developing human resources. During the 44th GMS Tourism Working Group Meeting, held last week in Siem Reap, the six countries that form GMS signed an agreement to ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665908/mekong-countries-agree-to-strengthen-tourism-cooperation/
Gov’t creates tourism development committee
The National Tourism Development Committee was created this month to boost the development of one of Cambodia’s most important economic drivers. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665275/govt-creates-tourism-development-committee/
US investors look into tourism opportunities in Cambodia
US investors are eyeing opportunities in Cambodia’s tourism sector, while the number of US visitors in the country remained low and is declining, said the Ministry of Tourism. Data from the Ministry of Tourism said US visitors who travelled to the Kingdom accounted for only 3.7 ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-investors-look-tourism-opportunities-cambodia
Tourist arrivals continue to rise, buoyed by Chinese tourists
Cambodian Tourism Ministry statistics showed an increase in international tourists arriving in the country for the first nine months of the year, again bolstered by Chinese tourist arrivals in the Kingdom. The statistics show that nearly 4.8 million tourists arrived in the country from January ...
Nem Sopheakpanha
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/tourist-arrivals-continue-to-rise-buoyed-by-Chinese-tourists/5173741.html
Siem Reap to welcome $27mln Cambodia-China Cultural Park
The Council for the Development of Cambodia, a government agency that oversees investment, last week approved a large-scale tourism project in Siem Reap. ‘Cambodia-China Cultural Park,’ the project will be developed by Angkor International Culture Investment & Development (Cambodia) Co., Ltd with a capital of ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50651322/siem-reap-to-welcome-27mln-cambodia-china-cultural-park/
Government unveils tourism master plan to increase visitors
The government is set to roll out the Four-Strategic Plan for Tourism Development aimed at reviving tourism in the Kingdom’s northern provinces, an inter-ministerial committee meeting has decided. ...
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-unveils-tourism-masterplan-increase-visitors
New city to be built in Siem Reap province
A new urban centre will be built in Siem Reap, with the project having recently been included in the province’s tourism master plan. The project was proposed by Tourism Minister Thong Khon on Monday as a concept note during a meeting of an inter-ministerial committee. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50643972/new-city-to-be-built-in-siem-reap-province/
Ministry seeks to reduce red tape at airports, borders
The Ministry of Tourism said it is working with the relevant bodies to reduce red tape at airports and international border checkpoints. The ministry said the move aimed to ease transit, especially for international tourists, by removing unnecessary and complicated formalities. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-seeks-reduce-red-tape-airports-borders
Rice Natural Development announce $50M tourism hub
Local company Rice Natural Development Plc announced a $50 million joint venture with British and Singaporean investors on Tuesday to develop a coastal tourism hub in Preah Sihanouk province. The project, which will be built on 1.8ha, will include a tourist port comprised of 10 ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-natural-development-announce-50m-tourism-hub