Cambodia’s Angkor heritage site attracts nearly 2 mln foreign tourists in 11 months
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Temple, one of the world heritage sites, had received some 1.98 million international visitors in the first 11 months of 2013, up 8 percent from 1.83 million tourists over the same period last year, a tourism report said Wednesday. … During the January-November period this year, the Angkor Archeological Park greeted 312,130 South Koreans, up 3 percent year-on-year; 244,330 Chinese, up 50 percent; 148,670 Vietnamese, down 26 percent; 133,280 Japanese, up 11 percent and 98,760 Thais, down 6 percent. … Early this month, Air China has launched regular flights between China’s Beijing and Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, and later this month, Cambodia’s national flag carrier Cambodia Angkor Air will operate its regular flight linking Cambodia to China’s Shanghai. … An entrance fee to the site is 20 US dollars a day for a foreigner, 40 US dollars for a three-day visit and 60 US dollars for a week-long visit. Last year, the temples attracted 2 million foreign visitors, up 28 percent year-on-year.
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/832841.shtml#.UrJemdIW2ls
