Cambodia earns $2.5 billion from tourism in 2013

Cambodia earned $2.5 billion from the tourism sector last year, a senior government official said Monday. … Last year’s income from tourism accounted for around 16 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product and provided jobs directly to about 400,000 people, Sok An said. The Cambodian government hopes to attract 6.5 million foreign tourists to the country in 2018 and earn $4 billion in income from tourism, providing jobs directly to about 650,000 people. …

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