Tourism

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. ...

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

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. ...

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, ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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

Provincial administration of Preah Sihanouk is promoting two ecotourism sites in well-known Koh Rong island to be a plastic-free tourist destination. ...

Preah Sihanouk province will host Mekong Tourism Forum 2023 themed “Rethinking for Resilience and Digitalisation” from April 24 to 28. ...

The tourism and housing industries in Cambodia are showing signs of recovery this year, according to the ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook. ...

With the expectation of attracting around 4 million international and 15 million domestic tourists this year, Cambodia expects the tourism sector to generate about $4 billion. ...

Cambodia is projected to receive 4 million international tourists in 2023 after China’s optimization of its COVID-19 strategy early this month, a tourism official said on Tuesday. ...

The number of foreign tourists to Cambodia in 2022 rose by 1,059 percent to 2.28 million, the Ministry of Tourism’s report showed on Tuesday. ...

Cambodia and Maldives have expanded bilateral ties through several agreements including tourist visa exemptions, the naming of a street in the Kingdom for the island nation and six more documents outlining newly formed cooperative initiatives. ...

A senior official from the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) said that although January has seen no significant growth, he expects 2023 to see arrivals to the Kingdom double. ...

The E-Type Visa, aimed at short term travellers to Cambodia, is now available for online application for citizens from all countries across the globe. .. ...

Nearly half a million tourists travelled across the country during the first week of January, with Preah Sihanouk province becoming the top destination, the Ministry of Tourism said. ...

By the end of this year, Cambodia is all set to add more airport capacity to its existing facilities with the opening of the new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport. ...

Despite China reopening its borders, arrivals from the nation in Cambodia remain constant, with tourism industry players saying it will take about two months to see any change. ...

Seven months after the announcement of the $150 million co-financial intervention package, only $41.52 million has been released to the businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic by the state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc (SME Bank) and other participating financial institutions, according ...

As Cambodia readies to welcome an expected influx of Chinese tourists, the Ministry of Tourism said that it expects Cambodia to receive about seven million tourists by 2025. ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism (MoT) have said that the kingdom is ready to welcome the return of Chinese investors and tourists, saying that their presence is vital for its tourism and socioeconomic development. ...