Some provinces see tourism up 50% for New Year
About 1.8 million Cambodians traveled to the coastal and northeastern provinces to celebrate Khmer New Year, a 50 percent increase compared with last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday. Mr Khon said Cambodians are starting to seek out other vacation spots besides the coastal provinces of Koh Kong, Kampot, Kep and Preah Sihanoukville. Sites in the northeastern provinces of Kratie, Stung Treng, Ratanakkiri and Mondolkiri appear to be a big draw for Cambodians, he said…
