Sea tourism along coast needs infrastructure, investors

29 May 2013
The Cambodia Herald
Economy and commerce / Industries / Investment / Marine and coastal areas / Sihanoukville / Tourism / Water resources
An Thoi port / Chanthaburi deputy governor Pongrat Phiromrat / Chanthaburi Province / Chutathip Chareonlarp / Coastal areas / construction / Ha Tien / HCM City / Hon Chong port / Infrastructure / Investment / Kien Giang / Kien Giang deputy chairman Mai Van Huynh / Kien Giang province / Mai Van Huynh / Mekong river / Mekong River Delta / People's Committee / Phu Quoc / Phu Quoc island / Pongrat Phiromrat / Rach Gia / Rach Gia port / Rayong / sea vessels / seaports / Ships / Sihanoukville / Sihanoukville province / Tac Cau port / Thailand / Tourism / Tourism Authority of Thailand's director HCM City office director Chutathip Chareonlarp / Tourism Authority of Thailand's HCM City / tourist circuit / Trat Province / Vietnam Star Travel / Vinh Dam international seaport

Plans to create a tourist circuit encompassing coastal areas of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand could be delayed as infrastructure is not yet in place and authorities cannot find investors. The sea route from the Mekong River Delta province of Kien Giang to Sihanoukville in Cambodia and Trat Province in Thailand, which was expected to be introduced to tour operators and opened to tourists at the end of this year had been delayed, Vietnamese and Thai authorities said at a meeting last week. … “All paperwork and agreements to start a sea tour of Ha Tien, Rach Gia, and Phu Quoc Island in Viet Nam, Sihanoukville in Cambodia, and Trat and Chanthaburi in Thailand have been finished,” [Kien Giang deputy chairman Mai Van Huynh] told Viet Nam News. “The only thing left is to wait for investors.” …

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