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Cambodia's trade with Thailand down 2.3 pct in Q1

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand went down by 2.3 percent during the first quarter of this year, according to the statistics released by [the] Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh on Monday. Officials said the drop was due to “Thai baht appreciation, not ongoing border conflict” ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-04/29/c_132349426.htm

Thai-Cambodian trade along Surin looks set to prosper further

The commerce affairs office in northeastern Surin has reported robust trade along the Thai-Cambodian border despite unresolved Phra Viharn [Preah Vihear] temple dispute. Mr. Sitthiporn Bangkeaw from the Office of Commerce Affairs Surin revealed that even though the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s public hearings in ...

http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5604220010001

Border tension with Cambodia escalates

BANGKOK, 9 January 2013 The cross-border tension between Thailand and Cambodia escalates as both countries prepare to make legal submissions to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the disputed area around the Preah Vihear temple in 3 months. In Surin province, security has tightened ...

http://www.pattayamail.com/news/border-tension-with-cambodia-escalates-20435

Nearly 100,000 tourists visit Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple in 2012

Cambodia’s world heritage Preah Vihear temple greeted some 99,490 domestic and foreign tourists in 2012, up 79 percent from 55,580 visitors in 2011, statistics from the Preah Vihear provincial tourism department showed Wednesday. The Hindu temple had been a flashpoint of deadly armed clashes between Cambodian ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2013-01/02/c_132076419.htm

Cambodia's world heritage Preah Vihear temple greets 93,340 tourists in 11 months

Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Temple, one of the world heritage sites, welcomed about 93,340 local and foreign visitors in the first 11 months of this year, up 87 percent compared with 49,740 tourists at the same period last year, the statistics of Preah Vihear provincial tourism ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-12/14/c_132040745.htm

Vietnamese still Cambodia’s strongest market

Cambodia’s tourism arrivals jumped more than 24 percent during the first ten months 2012, with more than 2.86 million international visitors. A tourism ministry update reported Vietnam as the country’s number one largest source of foreign visitors, with 638,560 tourists followed by South Korea and China, ...

http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article/88009/vietnamese-still-cambodias-strongest-market

Cambodia greets 2.86 mln foreign visitors in 10 months

Cambodia attracted approximately 2.86 million international tourists in the first ten months of this year, up 24 percent over the same period last year, a report of the tourism ministry showed Wednesday. The report said Vietnam remains the largest source of foreign visitors to Cambodia ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/travel/2012-11/28/c_132004445.htm

World Court to Hold Preah Vihear Hearing

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold a verbal hearing with Cambodian and Thailand over disputed land around Preah Vihear temple in April, government officials said yesterday. “A verbal hearing with the Thai party will be held in April so that [we can] have a ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com

CAMBODIA: INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS INCREASED BY 24%

A report from the Tourism Ministry in Cambodia recently informed that the country witnessed a huge inflow of 2.57 million tourists in the period between January and September of this year. This is an increase of 24 percent in comparison to the same period in ...

http://www.tourism-review.com/cambodia-international-arrivals-increased-by-24--news3456

Officials pitch invesment from Thais

Cambodia’s top economy builders are looking to bring back Thai investment that has departed the country since the onset of political clashes involving Preah Vihear temple in northern Cambodia. Officials at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday hosted 30 delegates from the Thai ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072757653/Business/officials-pitch-for-invesment-from-thais.html

Slice of New Casino Lottery to Fund Red Cross

NagaCorp, the owner of Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, launched the sale of tickets for a new national lottery on Friday with the inaugural draw to take place on July 12 and a top prize of $218,000. In a statement, NagaCorp said 30 percent of net ...

Thai Border Case Weaker, Thaksin Says

Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has told Thai media that Cambodia has the stronger case in the legal dispute between the two countries over hotly disputed land around Preah Vihear temple. The comments-a first in public for a top Thai politician, past or present-come ...

Increase in visitors to Preah Vihear

Foreign visitors to the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, on the Cambodian-Thai border, rose almost 78 per cent between January and October compared with the same period last year, despite a deadly border dispute that drew international attention in February. About 2,140 foreign nationals visited the 1,000-year-old ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011111152694/Business/increase-in-visitors-to-preah-vihear.html

Tourism not affected by Preah Vihear fighting

Preah Vihear temple may have been the scene of the country’s heaviest military engagement in recent years, but visitors have not been scared off by the confrontation, according to local tourism officials. Kong Vibol, Preah Vihear provincial director of the department of tourism, claimed that his ...

Temple visits slow after clash

Tourists are still wary about travelling to Preah Vihear temple following border clashes in the area earlier this year, according to provincial officials. Visitor numbers had declined 15.5 per cent during the first seven months compared year on year, but had slowly begun rising in ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082651273/Business/temple-visits-slow-after-clash.html

Thais Feared VN Support, Cable Shows

A US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks shows that Thailand feared Cambodia gaining military support from Vietnam over clashes between the two neighboring kingdoms about the disputed Preah Vihear temple. Thailand was also prepared to invoke a treaty with the USA that requires the US ...

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