Macau To Cambodia Route ‘In Negotiation’

A new air route may connect Macau and Cambodia this year, a move industry experts say would reduce travel costs in the region and reflects tourist interests in both destinations’ gambling industries.

Several airlines are in contact with CAM, Macau International Airport Co, “seeking to launch [a] route to Cambodia later this year,” a press release on Macau International Airport’s website said on May 4. …

Businesspeople would be able to connect to Hong Kong or Guangzhou via Macau, he said. From Cambodia, flights to both Hong Kong and Guangzhou “are always overbooked, and then the price is very high,” he [VLK Royal Tourism Co Ltd general manager Lav Heng], said, adding that a Macau route would make the journey more affordable.

He agreed there was an interest from Macau tourists to visit local casinos. “That’s a market you have,” he said.

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