Tourism

Vietnam sent the highest number of visitors to Cambodia in the first half of this year after its neighbor lifted all Covid restrictions, including pre-departure tests. ...

Cambodia welcomed 217,038 visitors from Southeast Asia from January to May of 2022, signifying a 282 per cent jump year-on-year, the Ministry of Tourism said, while noting that nearly 50 per cent of the figure arrived from Vietnam. ...

The number of international tourists to Cambodia soared by 394 percent to 506,762 in the first six months of this year. ...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said that Ministry has identified 131 communities that could potentially be turned into ecotourism communities. ...

A total of 297,402 national and international visitors toured Cambodia in the first weekend of July. The figure suggested a decline by nearly 7 percent compared to the previous weekend, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism. ...

SME Bank of Cambodia Plc and several financial partner institutions have announced that applications for credit under the Tourism Restoration Cooperative Project are being accepted from July 1. ...

Officials claim that the Royal Government’s co-financing project, combined with a credit guarantee program for tourism businesses, will be an important financial tool to boost the tourism sector. ...

Nearly 1,200 establishments in the tourism industry were closed and almost 22,000 direct jobs have been lost as of May this year due to the Covid-19 in Cambodia, according to a statement from the Ministry of Tourism. ...

With the province being the second largest economic hub in Cambodia, the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration has put in place a number of plans to support the socio-economic and tourism sectors for quality and sustainable growth. ...

This year, as the world celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, it also marks the 30th anniversary of Angkor being inscribed as a World Heritage Site. ...

Cambodia’s famous Angkor Archaeological Park attracted 45,779 foreign tourists in the first five months this year, up a whopping 859 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Cambodia by air increased remarkably in 2022 after the government lifted Covid-19 restrictions, the Ministry of Tourism has said.​​ ...

Cambodia Hotel Association (CHA) has distributed $150 million financial aid from the government to revive the country’s tourism sector hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior official said. ...

Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park had attracted 45,779 foreign tourists in the first five months of 2022, up 859 percent compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Tuesday. ...

The number of international tourists has seen a sharp increase by 191 percent or 241,485 in the January-April period this year, a positive sign for the tourism recovery since Cambodia announced to fully reopen the country in November last year. ...

A total of 274,026 domestic visitors toured Cambodia in the fourth weekend of May, of them 259,393 were national tourists and 14,633 were foreign tourists, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism. ...

Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, mentioned the situation of domestic tourists on the weekend of May 28-29, 2022, a total of 274,026 tourists, comprising  259,393 local  and 14,633 foreign travellers converged on various tourism spots in the country. ...

A top official in Siem Reap has said the newly built roads in the province will improve connectivity with remote areas and help boost tourism. ...

More and more tourists have flocked into Angkor Botanical Garden in Siem Reap province after the official inauguration last week. ...

Only 20% of hotels in Siem Reap province have reopened after the Covid-19 outbreak in the province subsided, most other hotels have either shut down or are temporarily closed, while others will reopen at a later date when tourist numbers increase. ...

The Ministry of Tourism puts a target of at least a million foreign tourists this year, outlining the main tourism markets as Asean, South East Asia countries, US, France and UK. ...

The government yesterday released a financial intervention package of $150 million to revive the tourism sector by financing businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in the last two years. ...

Cambodia and Timor-Leste are considering direct flight connection between the two countries to facilitate tourist movement. ...

Cambodia and Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on tourism cooperation, paving the way for the two sides to promote direct flights and tourism exchanges. ...