Tourism officials lay out plans for schools

Tourism Ministry officials outlined plans yesterday for two new vocational training facilities for the country’s growing tourism sector. Try Chhiv, deputy director general of the Ministry of Tourism, said the government will build the first school in Phnom Penh with a capacity of 1,000 students, ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-officials-lay-out-plans-schools

New terminal planned at poipet border gate

A new customs and immigration terminal is planned at the Poipet International Border Gate in Banteay Meanchey province, on the Cambodian side of the common border with Thailand, to cater to an expected increase of foreign tourists when the railway linking both countries is completed ...

Chea vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31657/new-terminal-planned-at-poipet-border-gate/

Cambodia-China tourism pact

A​ tourism​ development​ agreement​ was​ signed​ last​ week​ between​ Cambodia’s​ Ministry​ of​ Tourism​ and​ China’s​ Shanghai​ Spring​ International​ Travel​ Service​ Group​ to​ boost​ the​ influx​ of​ Chinese​ tourists​ to​ the​ Kingdom. In​ announcing​ the​ agreement​ on​ Saturday,​ Minister​ of​ Tourism​ Thong​ Khon​ said:​ “The​ memorandum​ ...

Chea Vannak and Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30853/cambodia-china-tourism-pact/

Tourism sector ‘needs 200K new workers’

A Ministry of Tourism official announced yesterday that the country would need an additional 200,000 trained tourism professionals if it was to fulfill its target of receiving 7 million international tourists a year by 2020. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-sector-needs-200k-new-workers

Vouchers to enjoy holidays

The government plans to create “cheque de vacances” or holiday vouchers by 2017 to encourage middle-income Cambodians to travel within the country, according to an official from the Ministry of Tourism yesterday. Chhay Khunlong, deputy director-general of tourism at the ministry, said holiday vouchers will enable ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30244/vouchers-to-enjoy-holidays/

Two new power plants planned

Two new power plants are being planned for Cambodia, a $167 million garbage-fueled plant for Phnom Penh, and an $89 million solar plant for Siem Reap province, the tourism ministry announced. In a statement on the ministry’s Facebook page yesterday, the ministry unveiled plans for the ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29970/two-new-power-plants-planned/

Ministry pushes support of ecotourism

The Tourism Ministry on Monday released a joint statement with relevant stakeholders in the tourism sector to support and promote ecotourism and community-based tourism in Cambodia. Tourism Minister Thong Khon said at a tourism conference that ecotourism and community-based tourism were growing regionally and globally with ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29420/ministry-pushes-support-of-ecotourism/

Legislation to regulate eco-tourism segment

The Ministry of Tourism is preparing a draft law for eco-tourism with the hope that it will keep Cambodia’s tourism industry competitive while protecting the Kingdom’s natural resources and promoting conservation efforts. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/legislation-regulate-eco-tourism-segment

Officials discuss future Kep developments

Tourism Ministry officials held a meeting yesterday to discuss a project to develop a tourist port in Kampot province and a planned drainage system for Kep’s Crab Market – two tourism infrastructure projects backed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/officials-discuss-future-kep-developments

Protect coastal areas: government

Following an unusually high number of drownings in coastal areas in the past month, the Ministry of Tourism has instructed the tourism departments in coastal provinces to continue to collaborate with relevant authorities to ensure safety, public order and cleanliness. A statement released by Minister of ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28926/protect-coastal-areas--government/

300,000 Japanese tourists by 2020

Cambodia plans to attract up to 300,000 Japanese tourists to the Kingdom by 2020, as direct flights connect Phnom Penh with Tokyo early next month, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon announced yesterday. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28626/300-000-japanese-tourists-by-2020/

Tourism unaffected by blasts

There has been no impact on tourists traveling by air between Cambodia and Thailand following the multiple fatal bombings in the southern part of Thailand last week, according to government and industry officials. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28561/tourism-unaffected-by-blasts/

More Cambodians traveling abroad as tourists

The number of Cambodians traveling overseas as tourists increased to nearly 700,000 in the first half of the year, up 26 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism. Experts in the industry welcomed this trend and pointed out ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28454/more-cambodians-traveling-abroad-as-tourists/

Angkor Wat ticket prices set to rise after government takeover

Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Sunday he did not believe an upcoming hike in the cost of tickets for foreigners visiting Angkor Wat will cause fewer tourists to come to Cambodia, with surveys showing most who visit the country are prepared to pay more. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angkor-wat-ticket-prices-set-to-rise-after-govt-takeover-116386/

China, Thailand tourist arrivals start rising

The number of tourist arrivals from China and Thailand rose in the first six months of the year while arrivals from Vietnam, South Korea and Laos dropped, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Tourism. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28092/china--thailand-tourist-arrivals-start-rising/

Cambodia looks to draw more elderly tourists

The Cambodian government is preparing a tourism policy to manage the increasing numbers of elderly foreign tourists visiting the Kingdom, an official at the Ministry of Tourism said yesterday. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-looks-draw-more-elderly-tourists

Cambodia signs MoU with Morocco

Cambodia’s Secretariat of Civil Aviation signed a Memorandum of Understanding, last week, with the Morocco Civil Aviation Authority that technically allows direct flights between the two countries. ...

Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2016/08/cambodia-signs-mou-with-morocco/

Southeast Asian countries to share efforts to promote tourism

Tourism officials from four Southeast Asian countries met in Yangon on Saturday to discuss ways of working together to promote tourism in the Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) region. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/southeast-asian-countries-share-efforts-promote-tourism

Government says will enforce smoke ban; restauranteurs doubtful

Smokers who light up inside bars, restaurants, hotels and other establishment where the public gathers will face fines of 20,000 riel (about $5) starting September 16, the Ministry of Tourism announced on Wednesday. ...

Kang Sothear and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-will-enforce-smoke-ban-restauranteurs-doubtful-115708/

CAMFOOD expo set to bring in foreign goods

The fifth annual CAMFOOD and CAMHOTEL expo is scheduled for October 22 and will mostly feature foreign companies, giving local companies the opportunity to learn from foreign business practices as well as showcase their own products, industry leaders announced yesterday.   ...

Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/camfood-expo-set-bring-foreign-goods

Cambodia, Macao ink tourism pact

The Ministry of Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Macao to boost the Kingdom’s tourism industry and train personnel in the sector. ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25554/cambodia--macao-ink-tourism-pact/

Sihanoukville is top choice for Russia flight plan

Regularly scheduled direct flights between Cambodia and Russia proposed by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week in Moscow might land in the coastal town of Sihanoukville, an official said yesterday. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-top-choice-russia-flight-plan

Cambodia tourism grows 2.6%

Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered an increase of 2.6% during January to March, this year, according to the Statistics and Tourist Information Department. ...

Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2016/05/cambodia-tourism-grows-2-6/

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