Cambodia hosts 3rd World Eco-Tourism Forum

Cambodia hosted the 3rd World Ecotourism Conference on October 3rd at the famous costal province—Preah Sihanouk—in an aim at developing the Asia Pacific region as a leading ecotourism destination. To celebrate the acceptance of the Cambodia costal zone (Preah Sihanouk Ville, Koh Kong, Kep and Kampot) into the member of the Club of World’s Most Beautiful Bays on 11 July 2011, the 3rd World Ecotourism Conference 2011 shifted its venue from Phnom Penh to the magnificent costal resort town of Preah Sihanouk Ville which has been recognized as a stunning Cambodian Bay… A wide range of ecotourism business speeches covered a wide variety of topics, including cooperation, ecotourism development, and networking. There was also an ecotourism exhibition that included 23 booths from ecotourism communities and private investors in ecotourism. While the first two conferences in Vientiane (2009) and Kuala Lumpur (2010) laid the foundation, this 3rd forum aims at defining a common framework for the development of an ecotourism roadmap for developing countries in Asia Pacific…

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