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Shangdong Air expands to Cambodia
China’s Shandong Airlines is planning to launch direct flights between Shandong province and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia’s State Secretariat for Civil Aviation spokesman, Sin Chansereyvutha, told local media that the flights are pending approval from the SSCA. If approval is granted in time, the airline will link ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/09/shangdong-air-expands-to-cambodia/
Cambodia receives 2.54 mln foreign tourists in 7 months, up 4.5 pct
Cambodia had attracted some 2. 54 million international visitors in the first seven months of 2014, up 4.5 percent compared to the same period last year, the latest tourism report showed Friday. Kong Sopheareak, chief of the Tourism Ministry’s Statistics and Planning Department, said Vietnam, China, ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=240762
Cash-strapped S’ville casino looks to expand
The Israeli gaming firm behind Sihanoukville’s Queenco Casino is seeking investors to expand its operations in the seaside town, according to a report released by the company last week, but after six months of “cash flow distress” and losses of more than $1 million, those ...
George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cash-strapped-sville-casino-looks-to-expand-67596/
Cambodia broadens appeal to woo Chinese visitors
Developing Cambodia as a diverse travel destination and establishing direct flights will help attract more travelers from China, the country’s second largest source market. Cambodian Ministry of Tourism director of marketing and promotion, Visothy So, emphasized that Cambodia needs to brand itself as a destination with ...
Yvonne Chang
http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=23735
About 230,000 Cambodians visit Vietnam in seven months: Report
229,307 Cambodian people visited Vietnam for tourism and medical checkups from January to July, 2014, according to Vietnam National Tourism Administration’s website. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTg4OGE5NjhiNDg
VN to negotiate with Laos, Cambodia on transit fees for new air route
Airlines are taking a wait and see attitude about the proposed air route between Hanoi and HCM City that will fly over Cambodia and Laos airspace, cutting flight time compared to the current route. Experts have said that this will be the most economical air route ...
VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/110731/vn-to-negotiate-with-laos--cambodia-on-transit-fees-for-new-air-route.html
Vietnam gets approval to fly over Cambodia, Lao airspace
A Hanoi-HCM City direct air route, which was once described as “impractical” by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), has come closer to reality as the Cambodian and Lao governments have pledged to create favorable conditions for Vietnam to use Cambodian airspace on the ...
VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/travel/110434/vietnam-gets-approval-to-fly-over-cambodia--lao-airspace.html
Cambodia newest airline ready December
Cambodia Bayon Airlines says it is getting closer to a launch date for its domestic services. The airline’s parent company, Bayon Holdings Limited ‘svice president, Taing Chung Leang, told local media that Cambodia Bayon Airlines plans its launch by the end of the year. “Bayon will sign ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/08/cambodia-newest-airline-ready-this-december/
Temple may be heritage site
Sambor Prei Kuk, the seventh-century temple of the pre-Angkorian Chenla Kingdom built by Isanavarman I, is to be submitted for consideration as a World Heritage Site to UNESCO. The announcement came yesterday at a seminar on research and conservation on the temple complex, the most important ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/temple-may-be-heritage-site
Cambodia to establish int'l committee for safeguarding, developing world heritage Preah Vihear
ambodia is working with UNESCO to form an International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Preah Vihear (ICC-Preah Vihear), Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An said Tuesday. Speaking during a meeting with South Korean Ambassador to Cambodia Kim ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-08/19/c_133568463.htm
New airline gets closer to launch
Cambodia Bayon Airlines will soon import two Modern Ark 60 aircrafts from the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), with plans to begin domestic flights before the end of the year, a company representative said yesterday. Bayon will sign an agreement with AVIC on Thursday ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-airline-gets-closer-launch
Cambodia’s tourism slows a mite
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 0.3% decline in June according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information Department. The country attracted 300,454 visits compared to 301,412 during the same month last year. Released officially by the Ministry of Tourism, last week, data showed Vietnam led the field ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/08/cambodias-tourism-slows-a-mite/
Foreigners, tourists to pay more for entry visas
Foreigners will have to pay additional costs to enter Cambodia following a government announcement earlier this week that visa fees will increase by $10 starting in October. Tourists will have to pay $30 for a one-month entry visa and business visitors $35, up from the $20 ...
Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreigners-tourists-to-pay-more-for-entry-visas-66668/
Cambodia announces new Visa fee for foreigners
Cambodia has announced the new Visa fee for foreigners who wish to visit Cambodia, according to a statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=Yjc5MTVkYjcwNzU
‘Orphanage tourism’ still an issue: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund in Australia has warned volunteers and tourists to avoid visiting Cambodian orphanages following critical reports from the press in recent weeks. In a post on its website, UNICEF Australia said “these types of tours exploit children and their families for the financial ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98orphanage-tourism%E2%80%99-still-issue-unicef
Cambodia attracts 230,100 Chinese visitors in H1, up 19 pct
Cambodia has received 230,100 Chinese tourists in the first six months of 2014, an increase of 19 percent over the same period last year, according to a tourism report released on Wednesday. The report shows that China is the second largest source of tourists to Cambodia ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2014/08-13/129405.shtml
Roxy Casino made ‘modest profit’ since soft opening
Roxy Casino in Cambodia has made a “modest profit” since its soft opening on May 26, parent company Cell Aquaculture Ltd said in a filing to the Australian Securities Exchange. It did not provide figures. The profit was attributed to its sports betting activities during FIFA World Cup 2014 ...
GGRAsia News Staff
http://www.ggrasia.com/roxy-casino-made-modest-profit-since-soft-opening/
Sihanoukville struggles to shake its seedy image
This tourist town counts itself among the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club and more than 1 million tourists each year are drawn to its tropical water and sandy shore. Yet when the U.S. Embassy last month warned its citizens to avoid some beaches ...
Ouch Sony and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-struggles-to-shake-its-seedy-image-66108/
Gov’t seeks a greener tourism industry
The Tourism Ministry will announce a new “Green Hotel” standard later this month in an effort to make the industry more environmentally friendly, senior officials say. Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Friday that while it will not be immediately compulsory for all hotel venues to ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gov%E2%80%99t-seeks-greener-tourism-industry
Naga aircraft set to take flight
Nagacorp, owner of Cambodia’s largest casino, NagaWorld, is on track to begin flying in high-rollers from China on a fleet of its own commercial aircraft, according to the company’s latest earnings statement and government officials. In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/naga-aircraft-set-take-flight
Travel expo to draw big dollars and big buyers
The government has squirrelled away about $500,000 for the upcoming Pacific Asian Tourism Association Travel Mart (PTM), which is to run September 17-19. Tourism Minister Thong Khon told the Post yesterday that the government had approved the $500,000 budget for the event, which it is hoped ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/travel-expo-draw-big-dollars-and-big-buyers
Cambodia expected to greet 4.6 mln foreign tourists in 2014: minister
Cambodia is projected to receive 4.6 million international visitors this year, an expected rise of 10 percent from 4.2 million last year, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said Saturday. “In the first six months of this year, more than 2.2 million foreigners visited Cambodia, up 5.2 ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140802/cambodia-expected-greet-46-mln-foreign-tourists-2014-ministe
Assessing the welfare value of Cambodia's fisheries
Fish and rice are staple foods for all Cambodians. Historical records show that Cambodia’s fisheries have been of major importance for centuries. Fish is a major source of nutritious food in the daily diet, a primary source of employment and income and has strong cultural ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/opinion/detail/3?token=OWQyMTFiNzI4OWI5ZGRmZjI2NDY4NzBmNzM4OGY4
Chinese tourists to Cambodia's Angkor heritage site up 17 pct in first half
The number of Chinese visitors to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple, one of the World Heritage Sites, has reached 161,700 in the first six months of this year, a 17 percent rise over the same period last year, an official data showed Friday. The data from the ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/travel/2014-08/01/c_133524492.htm