Pchum Ben tourists turn out
Holidaymakers flocked to Cambodia’s temples and beachside towns during the September 22-24 Pchum Ben holiday break, officials said yesterday.
Nou Sophal, director of the Sihanoukville department of tourism, said the province received about 67,600 visitors over the three-day festival period, up some 76 per cent over the same period last year. …
Soy Kinal, director of Kampot’s tourism department, said that more than 62,500 visitors rolled into the coastal province during the break. Among the holidaymakers, domestic visitors accounted for more than 60,000. …
In Siem Reap, preliminary figures from the tourism department showed that about 118,100 tourists visited the province between September 22 and September 24, an increase of almost 12 per cent over the same period last year. …
Chan Muyhong
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