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 2011. The data from the report indicated that around 1,480,000 foreign tourists toured the Angkor Wat Temple in the province of Siem-Reap. This was an increase of 27 percent as compared to last year’s data for the same period. The Preah-Vihear temple attracted just over 13,000 visitors from foreign countries, indicating an upward shift of 32 percent from last year’s numbers. …

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