Hospitality sector booked out for Lunar New Year
When Chinese and Vietnamese tourists will flock into Cambodia’s Siem Reap province for Lunar New Year, heightened demand for accommodation may make things tough, insiders say. Ang Kim Eang, president of the Cambodian Association of Travel Agents, said that while many Chinese and Vietnamese tourists will enjoy their holidays in Siem Reap, the home of Angkor Wat, others may find that all the hotels and guesthouses are booked out. Kim Eang also said that he had received information about an increase in charter flights from China and South Korea. … Ngov Sengkak, Siem Reap’s tourism department director, said that Siem Reap received around 8,000 international tourists daily, but during Lunar New Year, there would be around 10,000 tourists per day entering Siem Reap. …
