Cambodia Launches “One Tourist, One Tree” Campaign To Promote Green Tourism

27 February 2013
Xinhuanet News
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Cambodia on Wednesday launched a “one tourist, one tree” campaign, aiming to promote green tourism and environment protection, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said. “We have already prepared tourism gardens in 11 provinces including cultural Siem Reap province, coastal Preah Sihanouk province and eco-tourism side in Kratie province. A garden has a minimum size of 5 hectares,” he said.”Tourists who love green environment, they can go and grow tree seedlings in those gardens.” Tourism is one of the major four pillars supporting this Southeast Asian nation’s economy. He said the country greeted 3. 58 million foreign tourists last year, generating total revenue of about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars. “We predict that the sector will attract about 4 million foreign visitors this year,” he said. …

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