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Brazil, Cambodia to boost tourism, agriculture sectors
Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira called on Prime Minister Hun Manet at the Peace Palace Thursday and discussed matters pertaining to expanding collaboration to boost trade and the flow of tourists between the two countries. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375674/brazil-cambodia-to-boost-tourism-agriculture-sectors/
Cambodia, Malaysia set for joint tourism campaign
Cambodia and Malaysia recently decided to promote the ‘Two Countries, One Destination’ tourism plan to tap more into the European and Chinese markets. The campaign will also help Cambodia to attract more Muslim tourists. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373705/cambodia-malaysia-set-for-joint-tourism-campaign/
Cambodia is eager to invite more Chinese tourists
A senior Cambodian official on Monday called for more Chinese tourists, saying that their presence has significantly contributed to the kingdom’s economic and touristic growth and poverty reduction. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373964/cambodia-is-eager-to-invite-more-chinese-tourists/
Ministry launches Angkor call centre, Telegram account for photo permission
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, through the Apsara National Authority (ANA), has launched a call centre and Telegram channel for anybody wanting to take photographs or videos of the places in the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373302/ministry-launches-angkor-call-centre-telegram-account-for-photo-permission/
Cambodia prepares for peak tourist season
The Cambodian tourism sector and authorities have been implementing solutions to prepare for peak tourist season, including simplifying entry procedures at the instruction of Prime Minister Dr Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501371744/cambodia-prepares-for-peak-tourist-season/
Ministry: Arrivals of foreign tourists soar in ‘23
The Ministry of Tourism reported a surge in foreign tourist arrivals in Cambodia for the first eight months of 2023. Over 3.5 million international visitors were recorded, marking a 250.8 per cent increase compared to the same period last year. A significant 84.7 per cent ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-arrivals-foreign-tourists-soar-23
Foreign arrivals up 250.8% in first eight months
Cambodia received some 3.5 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of 2023, a year-on-year increase by 250.8 percent, but a decrease by 19.7 percent compared to the same period in 2019, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501369786/foreign-arrivals-up-250-8-in-first-eight-months/
‘Build Plus 3D’ tourism action plan highlights five strategies to revive sector
Newly-minted Minister of Tourism Sok Soken is implementing a new tourism strategy and action plan called “BUILD Plus 3Ds” to propel tourism development in Cambodia after being hit hard by Covid-19, and further compounded by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which is impacting travel expenditure. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/build-plus-3d-tourism-action-plan-highlights-five-strategies-revive-sector
Cambodia and India vow stronger cooperation on tourism development
Cambodia and India have pledged to enhance further cooperation on tourism development to stimulate mutual tourist’ movement. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501366506/cambodia-and-india-vow-stronger-cooperation-on-tourism-development/
Angkor Wat Autumnal Equinox 2023
Every year, the Equinox occurs twice: the Vernal Equinox in March and the Autumnal Equinox in September. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501365038/angkor-wat-autumnal-equinox-2023/
Autumn equinox over Angkor showcases ‘ancestors wisdom’
The autumnal equinox will occur this year on September 23. The phenomenon, which signifies an equal duration of day and night due to the Earth’s position in its orbit around the sun, happens twice a year in September and March. At these times, the sun ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/autumn-equinox-over-angkor-showcases-ancestors-wisdom
Sluggish industry growth affects Cambodia’s economic outlook as improved tourism recovery expected to boost Cambodian exports
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered its economic growth forecast for Cambodia to 5.3 percent, down from the earlier prediction of 5.5 percent. The main reason for this revision is the slower-than-expected growth in the industrial sector. This information was included in the ADB’s ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363717/sluggish-industry-growth-affects-cambodias-economic-outlook-as-improved-tourism-recovery-expected-to-boost-cambodian-exports/
Ministry, WCS collaborate on ecotourism potential
Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth stated that the ministry is carefully pursuing the implementation of ecotourism as its primary focus. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-wcs-collaborate-ecotourism-potential
Ministry, WCS collaborate on ecotourism potential
Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth stated that the ministry is carefully pursuing the implementation of ecotourism as its primary focus. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-wcs-collaborate-ecotourism-potential
MoT’s ‘100-day strategy’ plans to attract 5 million int’l tourists
The Ministry of Tourism has set a new strategy known as ‘BUILD plus 3Ds’ to attract more international tourists and ensure the target set by the new government to achieve at least five million international travellers into the Kingdom by the end of this year. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358563/mots-100-day-strategy-plans-to-attract-5-million-intl-tourists/
International airports welcome 3.4M passengers in eight months
International airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville welcomed a combined 3.4 million passengers in the eight-month period of this year, a staggering 180 percent increase over the same period in 2022, a senior official at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358752/international-airports-welcome-3-4m-passengers-in-eight-months/
Cambodia records 180 percent rise in air passengers in first eight months
Cambodia registered 3.4 million air travelers during the first eight months of 2023, a year-on-year increase of 180 percent, said a report released by the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358488/cambodia-records-180-percent-rise-in-air-passengers-in-first-eight-months/
Ministry of Tourism introduces six points to improve the quality of tourism products on the occasion of Pchum Ben
The Ministry of Tourism has introduced six points to the Capital-Provincial Department of Tourism to improve the quality of tourism products on the occasion of the traditional Pchum Ben festival on October 13-14-15, 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501356703/ministry-of-tourism-introduces-six-points-to-improve-the-quality-of-tourism-products-on-the-occasion-of-pchum-ben/
Only $54M of SME Bank’s $150M tourism loans taken
Loans worth $54.2 million were approved by state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc (SME Bank) for 350 businesses under the Tourism Recovery Co-Financing Scheme (TRCS) as of August 31, 2023. ...
Hin Pisei
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/only-54m-sme-banks-150m-tourism-loans-taken
Angkor park sees growth in foreign ticket sales of $23M from Jan-Aug
According to Angkor Enterprise, 498,513 foreign tourists visited the park, which is an increase of 350.9 per cent from the same period in 2022, pushing up ticket revenue by 420 per cent year-on-year to $23.1 million. ...
Hin Pisei
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-park-sees-growth-foreign-ticket-sales-23m-jan-aug
Siem Reap’s new airport targets more airlines, destinations
All 16 airlines operating now from the old airport of Siem Reap will continue to operate from the new airport on its opening on October 16 even as efforts are made to bring more airlines to the new facility with additional destinations, said Lu Wei, ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349944/siem-reaps-new-airport-targets-more-airlines-destinations/
Minister of Tourism sets out three strategic goals for tourism development
The new Minister of Tourism Sok Soken has set out three strategic goals to achieve this vision to develop the tourism sector in Cambodia. ...
Siem Reap tourism firms work to boost visitors
Around 100 tourism operators, as well as provincial leaders and officials, gathered in Siem Reap recently to strategise attracting more international tourists, as the provincial airport’s mid-October opening approaches. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-tourism-firms-work-boost-visitors
Cambodia attracts three million international tourists in seven months
Cambodia recorded some 3.03 million international visitors in the first seven of 2023, a sharp increase of 308 percent from 743,459 over the same period last year, a Ministry of Tourism’s report showed on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348457/cambodia-attracts-three-million-international-tourists-in-seven-months/