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Over 12 million domestic tourists recorded in first seven months
Cambodia has registered more than 12 million domestic tourists in the first seven months of this year, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism released on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338834/over-12-million-domestic-tourists-recorded-in-first-seven-months/
Cambodia receives 268,130 Chinese tourists in H1, up 771.8 pct
Cambodia attracted some 268,130 Chinese tourists during the first half of 2023, up 771.8 percent from 30,754 in the same period last year, said a Ministry of Tourism report released on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335579/cambodia-receives-268130-chinese-tourists-in-h1-up-771-8-pct/
The effects of the USD interest rate hike on Cambodian economy
Anticipation of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike in March is putting developing economies on edge, a recent blog post by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated. ...
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/special-reports/effects-usd-interest-rate-hike-cambodian-economy
New investment draft law intended to incentivise broadening of the economy
Cambodia’s new investment draft law is set to introduce new incentives for people to invest in the country. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908840/new-investment-draft-law-intended-to-incentivise-broadening-of-the-economy/
Looking back at riel history
For the past decade, Cambodia’s economy has steadily grown with GDP growth surpassing 5% on a compounded annual basis for the past twelve years. Nearly 58% of the populace is engaged in agriculture, while the service sector employs 26% and industry accounts for the remaining ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071057308/Business/history-of-the-riel.html
Commodities Prices a Risk, Bank Says
Despite offering an uplifting outlook for Cambodia’s economy this year, economists at the World Bank said yesterday that it could still succumb to volatile commodities prices, particularly food and gas. Speaking to journalists after the release the bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Update for 2012, ...
China’s ‘No Strings’ Aid Increasingly Attractive
The timing couldn’t have been better. After a week in which one NGO was suspended and others warned to “readjust their work,” and the World Bank was finally forced to reveal that it had stopped loaning to Cambodia, the government announced over the weekend that ...
Food Imports See Big Jump
CAMBODIA’S total food and beverage imports jumped 28 percent year-on-year through June to US$74 million, as domestic demand continued to outpace the Kingdom’s production capacity. The demand comes as Cambodia’s economy regains momentum following the global financial crisis, said officials at the Ministry of Commerce, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082351201/Business/food-imports-see-big-jump.html