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Ministry of Tourism to Target Chinese Visitors

Cambodia will construct a Chinese-language website and post Chinese-language signs at local hotels to cater to the growing numbers of Chinese nationals visiting the country, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon announced yesterday. “We will create a website in the Chinese language and also have additional signs ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com

Two million tourists from China by 2020: official

Cambodia would host about two million Chinese tourists in 2020, a Cambodian official predicted yesterday. The forecast accompanied figures released by Chinese officials saying the number of Chinese tourists globally would reach 200 million by 2020. ASEAN countries had attracted nine million Chinese tourists last ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012360934/Business/two-million-tourists-from-china-by-2020-official.html

ASEAN ministers vow to deepen tourism cooperation

Representatives of the ten ASEAN nations met on Sunday in Laos’ capital of Vientiane to launch the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF), where they pledged to expand tourism cooperation and discussed creating a pan-ASEAN tourist visa. The ATF, which was first held in 1981, is designed to ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/20/c_132115298.htm

Cambodia's economy to grow by 6.7% this year: WB

Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow by 6.7 percent in 2013 thanks to anticipating increases in agriculture, foreign direct investment (FDI) and tourism, the World Bank said in its latest outlook Wednesday. “The growth is based on achieving the dividends from focus on higher rice ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-01/16/c_132106591.htm

Bribery a challenge for Cambodia's tourism sector

The tourism sector has complained about the attempted extortion and bribery by officials at the international border checkpoints that still upset tourists coming into Cambodia. The issue was raised yesterday during a meeting of the Interministerial Committee for Facilitating the Travel and Transport of Tourists and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011560779/Business/bribery-a-challenge-for-cambodia-s-tourism-sector.html

Cambodia's World Heritage Angkor Wat attracts 2.06 mln foreigners in 2012

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Temple, one of the World Heritage Sites, received 2.06 million foreign visitors last year, up 28 percent compared to 1.61 million in a year earlier, a tourism report said Tuesday. The temple greeted 339,530 South Koreans last year, up 23 percent year-on-year; ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2013-01/15/c_132103894.htm

Cambodia gains 3.5 million tourist arrivals in 2012

Cambodia in 2012 received 3.5 million foreign visitors, an increase of 25 per cent if comparing to 2011 and earned 2 billion US dollars for national income this year, tourism minister said on January 10. He also said:  for 2011, there were 8 million of ...

http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/?p=5285

Keep Checkpoints Open, Hun Sen Tells Thai Envoy

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday told the newly appointed Thai Ambassador Touchayoot Pakdi that border checkpoints between the two countries need to remain open in order to promote trade and tourism and combat border crimes. Mr. Hun Sens remarks to Mr Pakdi came during a ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/

Cambodia greets 3.2 mln foreigners in Jan.-Nov. 2012

Cambodia has greeted some 3.2 million foreigners in the first eleven months of 2012, up 24 percent compared with 2.58 million visitors in the same period a year earlier, showed the latest statistics of Tourism Ministry on Thursday. From January to November last year, Vietnam topped ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/03/c_132077998.htm

Nearly 100,000 tourists visit Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple in 2012

Cambodia’s world heritage Preah Vihear temple greeted some 99,490 domestic and foreign tourists in 2012, up 79 percent from 55,580 visitors in 2011, statistics from the Preah Vihear provincial tourism department showed Wednesday. The Hindu temple had been a flashpoint of deadly armed clashes between Cambodian ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2013-01/02/c_132076419.htm

Tourist arrivals top estimates

The number of tourists to arrive in Cambodia in 2012 was at least 200,000 higher than expectations, possibly reaching 3.5 million, officials said yesterday. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, told the Post yesterday that  in the first 11 months of 2012, Cambodia received 3.2 million tourists, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010160559/Business/tourist-arrivals-top-estimates.html

Single visa with Cambodia to be discussed

Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong will co-chair the meeting in Bangkok on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss several issues, including the single-visa initiative. The idea of a joint visa for visitors to both Thailand and Cambodia has been mooted as a ...

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Single-visa-with-Cambodia-to-be-discussed-30196550.html

Cambodia reports strong October travel

International arrivals to Cambodia bounced back in October with a growth of 20% after a below average performance in the third quarter. Cambodia’s Statistics and Tourist Information Department, Ministry of Tourism, reported arrivals increased 24.8% to 290,959 during October. The percentage increase for 10 months lifted ...

http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/12/cambodia-reports-strong-october-travel/

Single visa test-run

A single visa for Thailand and Cambodia is ready for launch 27 December at all of the countries’ consulates and embassies. It is a test phase of a wider project called ACMECS Single Visa (Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy) involving Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and ...

http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/12/single-visa-test-run/

Czech to increase diplomatic ties with Cambodia

The Czech Republic is going to set up its embassy residence here next year in order to strengthen and expand bilateral relations and cooperation between the two nations, the newly-designated ambassador of the Czech Republic to Cambodia Vitezslav Grepl said Tuesday. He said the permanent ...

http://www.nzweek.com/world/czech-to-increase-diplomatic-ties-with-cambodia-38328/

Pakistan-Cambodia ties set to strengthen

PAKISTAN is looking to further improve its trade, investment and tourism ties with Cambodia, officials said. Data from the Embassy of Pakistan shows that bilateral trade between the two countries has been good in recent years. In 2011, the total value of two-way trade reached $16 ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012121760307/Business/pakistan-cambodia-ties-set-to-strengthen.html

Cambodia passes fire prevention draft law

The Government of Cambodia on Friday passed a draft law on fire prevention in order to contribute to maintaining security, social safety, public order, and life and property protection, according to a media statement released after the weekly Cabinet meeting. In the meeting, Hun Sen ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-12/14/c_132041591.htm

Cambodia's world heritage Preah Vihear temple greets 93,340 tourists in 11 months

Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Temple, one of the world heritage sites, welcomed about 93,340 local and foreign visitors in the first 11 months of this year, up 87 percent compared with 49,740 tourists at the same period last year, the statistics of Preah Vihear provincial tourism ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-12/14/c_132040745.htm

Rights groups wary of ban on internet cafés

Rights workers cautioned yesterday that a sweeping ban on internet cafés near schools was little more than a thinly veiled act of censorship. Issued last month by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, the circular says all internet cafés within 500 metres of a school must ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/National/rights-groups-wary-of-ban-on-internet-cafes.html

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