Direct flights set for all ASEAN this year

28 February 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Industries / Tourism / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
Ang Kim Eang / ASEAN member states / ASEAN region / Brunei / Cambodia Association of Travel Agents / Direct Flights / Growth / Indonesia / low-cost flights / Ministry of Tourism / president Asia-Pacific Travel Agent Association / Thong Khon / Thoun Synan / tourism sector / Tourists

CAMBODIA will have direct flights to all ASEAN member states this year in order to promote stronger growth of the tourism sector in the Kingdom, according to the Ministry of Tourism. Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said Cambodia will become fully connected to the ASEAN region through direct flights to every country, with only Brunei and Indonesia remaining to be connected. ... The number of tourists from ASEAN countries to Cambodia rose 37.5 per cent year-on-year in 2012 to 1.5 million, compared to 1.1 million a year earlier, representing 42.2 per cent of the total tourist arrivals, according to the data from the Ministry of Tourism.

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