Direct Japan flights set to take off later in year: PM

Japan will introduce direct flights to and from Cambodia this year in an effort to bolster trade, investment and tourism between the two nations, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday. Hun Sen announced the plan at a meeting with a delegation led by Hideo Sawada, the chairman of Japanese-based tourism firm H.I.S. Co Ltd. … Cambodia received 184,833 Japanese tourists in the first 11 months of 2013, compared to 159,745 during the same period of 2012, an increase of 15.7 per cent, according to the tourism ministry. …

May Kunmakara
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