Chinese continue to flock as region suffers
Cambodia’s tourism industry has benefited from the unrest that has hit much of the region, with Chinese tourists diverting their routes from problematic areas such as Thailand to the country, according to a report released Thursday by the Sydney-based Center for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). Chinese visitors, the second largest nationality to visit Cambodia behind Vietnamese, are the fastest growing market, increasing by 20 percent in the first half of the year compared to the last. The number of Chinese nationals hit 240,567 during the first five months of the year and accounted for 12.7 percent of total tourist arrivals. Driving the growth has been the political protests in Thailand that ended with a military coup, anti-China protests in Vietnam and the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines flight in March, which has impacted travel to both Malaysia and Singapore. …
George Styllis and Cherie Chan
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/chinese-continue-to-flock-as-region-suffers-64963/
