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900% jump in foreign tourists visiting Angkor last month

The Angkor Foundation has stated that almost 80,000 international tourists bought Angkor and Koh Ker tickets last month month – generating more than $ 3 million in ticket sales compared to 2022, an increase of more than 900% . ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501248959/900-jump-in-foreign-tourists-visiting-angkor-last-month/

Cambodia gears up to host Mekong Tourism Forum

About 150 tourism leaders from across the Greater Mekong Region will gather in Sihanoukville for this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum, hosted by Cambodia ...

Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-gears-up-to-host-mekong-tourism-forum

PM Hun Sen urges attention to boost tourism

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on all stakeholders to pay high attention and do their best to boost the country’s tourism sector. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501246669/pm-hun-sen-urges-attention-to-boost-tourism/

Final cash support for Siem Reap tourism workers

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training will make the final cash support payment to 129 tourism workers in Siem Reap province whose employment contracts were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/final-cash-support-siem-reap-tourism-workers

PM Hun Sen urges attention to boost tourism

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on all stakeholders to pay high attention and do their best to boost the country’s tourism sector. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501246669/pm-hun-sen-urges-attention-to-boost-tourism/

Push to promote ecotourism

The Minister of Tourism is calling on tour operators to push the Kingdom’s ecotourism communities to boost the sector as two ecotourism destinations receive the ASEAN Ecotourism Standard Award. ...

Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-push-to-promote-ecotourism

Monkeys in Angkor posing a risk to tourists

The number of monkeys living in Angkor resort area has increased and are becoming a risk to tourists. According to APSARA National Authority, the monkeys no longer enter the forest in search of food but instead wait for food from humans and sometimes snatch food ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243550/monkeys-in-angkor-posing-a-risk-to-tourists/

A cruise ship visits Sihanoukville with 500 multinational tourists

Nautica, a cruise ship sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands, in on a day-long visit in Cambodia. The cruise ship with 535 tourists of 36 different nationalities on board docked at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port yesterday  morning. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244026/a-cruise-ship-visits-sihanoukville-with-500-multinational-tourists/

Tourism development underway in Kampong Chhnang province

The government has allocated over 600 hectares of land in Phnom Aural wildlife sanctuary in Kampong Chhnang province to a private company for development. ...

Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501242843/tourism-development-underway-in-kampong-chhnang-province/

Trapaing Sangke community wins two ASEAN ecotourism awards

The Trapaing Sangke Community of Kampot province has received two awards from the ASEAN Community, the ASEAN Standard Tourism Community Award and the ASEAN Standard Tourism Community Guesthouse Award. ...

Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501241630/trapaing-sangke-community-wins-two-asean-ecotourism-awards/

PM talks tourism with Laotian Premier during visit

Launching direct flights linking Cambodia and Laos was top of the agenda during a two-day official visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen to the neighboring nation . ...

Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pm-talks-tourism-with-laotian-premier-during-visit

High hopes for Cambodia’s tourism boom after comeback of Chinese tourists

Cambodia has pinned high hopes for its tourism recovery after Chinese tourists gradually returned to the Southeast Asian nation. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234924/high-hopes-for-cambodias-tourism-boom-after-comeback-of-chinese-tourists/

Cambodia welcomes Chinese tourists without any health-related restrictions

Outbound tourism by Chinese citizens, which had been suspended for nearly three years, has gradually resumed since China optimized its COVID-19 response and entry-exit policies on January 8. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234105/cambodia-welcomes-chinese-tourists-without-any-health-related-restrictions/

Tourist flights from China resume to foreign destinations

Dozens of Chinese tourists boarded an Emirates Airlines flight at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to go sightseeing on Monday morning. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234091/tourist-flights-from-china-resume-to-foreign-destinations/

Siem Reap tourism worker cash assistance continued

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training disbursed its 89th cash payment to 3,223 workers employed by 33 different enterprises in the tourism sector located in Siem Reap, according to the ministry statement. ...

Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-tourism-worker-cash-assistance-continued

Events to attract 1M Chinese tourists to Cambodia

Cambodia plans to organise several impressive events in the country this year to attract Chinese tourists. The Kingdom, which is looking to organise tourism, culture and sports events, has a target of attracting one million Chinese tourists this year. ...

Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501231869/events-to-attract-1m-chinese-tourists-to-cambodia/

Cambodia expects three to four million foreign arrivals in 2023

Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his hope that between three and four million foreign tourists will visit Cambodia this year. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501232098/cambodia-expects-three-to-four-million-foreign-arrivals-in-2023/

‘Eco-tourism’ development on the cards for Koh Thmey isle

Local company HTTH Island Investment Co Ltd is reportedly studying the feasibility of a 16.68sq km “eco-tourism” development project on Koh Thmey island, just southeast of Prey Nop district’s Ream National Park in Preah Sihanouk province. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eco-tourism-development-cards-koh-thmey-isle

Gov’t spins out additional measures for tourism recovery

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) on Monday issued another set of guidelines on additional measures to further control the impacts of the recovery of tourism in Cambodia as the economy has still been at high risk and uncertainty of regional and global changing trends, ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230304/govt-spins-out-additional-measures-for-tourism-recovery/

Cruise ship visit ‘positive sign’ of tourism recovery

Tourism experts call the return to Sihanoukville of the Bahamas-flagged cruise ship the Seabourn Encore on January 28 a positive sign for the recovery of the Kingdom’s tourism sector. ...

Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cruise-ship-visit-positive-sign-tourism-recovery

Tourists from Thailand gambling on Cambodia’s Poipet lure

Just 3.5 hours away from Bangkok, Poipet is popular with tourists looking to exit and reenter Thailand’s border to gain more time in the kingdom, said Thaiger, a Thai based media outlet. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501226605/tourists-from-thailand-gambling-on-cambodias-poipet-lure/

APSARA National Authority organizes new walkways for tourists to visit Angkor Wat

Since November 2022, the APSARA National Authority has started the process of organizing the walkways at Angkor Wat to reduce the erosion of the stones and better control the flow of tourists visiting the temple. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501226661/apsara-national-authority-organizes-new-walkways-for-tourists-to-visit-angkor-wat/

Waste management set as ‘priority’ for tourism industry, environment

Proper waste and solid waste management is a major challenge that could threaten the future of the rapidly growing tourism sector and broader economy, said stakeholders as they jointly committed to enhancing waste management in the urban and rural areas of Cambodia. ...

Sem Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/waste-management-set-priority-tourism-industry-environment

Battambang airport in line for upgrade to receive tourists

Battambang Airport will be upgraded to be akin to Siem Reap airport as part of plans to attract more tourists to the country. ...

Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-battambang-airport-in-line-for-upgrade-to-receive-tourists

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