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Turkish direct flights some way off
Cambodia and Türkiye are accelerating efforts to establish direct flights between the two countries as soon as possible, although analysts acknowledged that discussions have been ongoing for several years. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/turkish-direct-flights-some-way-off
Vietjet launches HAN-SAI flights
Vietjet Air, Vietnam’s budget airline, is set to commence flights between Hanoi and Siem Reap province on December 15. The service aims to accommodate the surge in foreign tourists to Cambodia, home to the renowned UNESCO World Heritage site Angkor Wat. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietjet-launches-han-sai-flights
Assembly passes aviation bill
The National Assembly (NA) has passed a draft law on the management of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA). It replaced a previous law, in a bid to ensure that civil aviation legislation aligns with the Kingdom’s current development. ...
Kim Yutharo and Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assembly-passes-aviation-bill
Free online courses to strengthen tourism SMEs’ digital and financial skills
Cambodia’s tourism SMEs can sign up to free modules delivered by PATA that focus on strengthening finance and digital skills in a post-pandemic world ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/free-online-courses-to-strengthen-tourism-smes-digital-and-financial-skills
Tourism industry expert urges creation of more attractions
Tourism industry experts are anticipating an increase in visitors to the Kingdom during this year’s high season and encouraging communities in lesser-known areas to think creatively and find new ways to draw tourists out from the usual destinations. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-industry-expert-urges-creation-more-attractions
$164M five-star hotel greenlit for Sihanoukville
The government has approved Maritime City Co Ltd’s proposal to build and operate a $164.4 million development in Preah Sihanouk province comprising a 582-room five-star hotel, a commercial centre and entertainment facilities. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/164m-five-star-hotel-greenlit-sihanoukville
Southeast Asia visitors backing Cambodian tourism industry
Cambodia welcomed 217,038 visitors from Southeast Asia from January to May of 2022, signifying a 282 per cent jump year-on-year, the Ministry of Tourism said, while noting that nearly 50 per cent of the figure arrived from Vietnam. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/southeast-asia-visitors-backing-cambodian-tourism-industry
Indonesia flights set for return?
Tourism minister Thong Khon has asked Indonesia to push for the resumption of direct flights to Cambodia as soon as possible to build up bilateral tourism flows, the tourism ministry said, after Indonesian arrivals to the Kingdom ballooned by nearly 600 per cent year-on-year in ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indonesia-flights-set-return
Co-op deal with Qatar nigh
A new impetus in economic, trade and technical cooperation between Cambodia and Qatar will deliver a suite of economic benefits for the Kingdom, above all a driving force for exports to the Middle East and a major magnet to draw in more investors and tourists ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/co-op-deal-qatar-nigh
New hall inaugurated at airport in capital
Cambodia Airports, a company majority-owned by France’s Vinci Group, officially inaugurated its $26 million new arrivals hall and the extension of its boarding concourse yesterday at the Phnom Penh International Airport. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-hall-inaugurated-airport-capital
Sihanoukville sees its tourist star rising
The latest provincial tourism figures show efforts to establish Sihanoukville as a premiere beach destination may be paying off, with more tourists flocking to the coastal city than ever before. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-sees-its-tourist-star-rising