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ASEAN ‘committed’ to stability: Lim
ASEAN secretary-general Lim Jock Hoi expressed the bloc’s commitment to ensuring regional stability and prosperity amid a time of uncertainty and unprecedented challenges, through a road map adopted at the recent ASEAN Summit and related meetings. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-committed-stability-lim
More than 1.57 million international tourists recorded in Cambodia over last 10 months
In the 10 months of 2022, Cambodia received more than 1.57 million international tourists, an increase of nearly 1,000 percent, compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501194121/more-than-1-57-million-international-tourists-recorded-in-cambodia-over-last-10-months/
Eco-tourism key to post-Covid recovery
Minister of Tourism Thong Khon on November 21 outlined seven key recommendations for more efficient and effective post-Covid-19 development of the eco- and community-based tourism segments, with emphasis on turning challenges into opportunities. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eco-tourism-key-post-covid-recovery
Kingdom ranks fourth in latest Nikkei Covid-19 Recovery Index
Cambodia has ranked fourth out of 121 countries in the Nikkei Covid-19 Recovery Index and top of the pile for the ASEAN region, scoring 76.5, according to this month’s latest update. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-ranks-fourth-latest-nikkei-covid-19-recovery-index
Cambodian PM calls on ASEAN to strengthen cooperation for socio-economic recovery from pandemic
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said here on Thursday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to strengthen cooperation for the sustainable and resilient recovery of the region’s socio-economic development. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501168533/cambodian-pm-calls-on-asean-to-strengthen-cooperation-for-socio-economic-recovery-from-pandemic/
Investment framework key for SME sector's Covid-19 recovery
Khmer Enterprise must continue implementing co-investment frameworks and priority sectors for investment to grow the country’s SME sector in the wake of the pandemic, according to the Entrepreneurship Development Fund. ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-edf-khmer-enterprise-for-startup-sme
Ministry of Tourism reforming jobs to promote tourism
The Ministry of Tourism continues to promote the work of public financial management reform for the early recovery of Cambodia’s tourism sector. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501159612/ministry-of-tourism-reforming-jobs-to-promote-tourism/
Two million tourists to visit Cambodia in 2022
As Cambodia navigates a post-pandemic world, international tourist arrivals lag with 1.5m to 2m tourists predicted for 2022. This is estimated to rise to pre-Covid levels of 7m by 2026. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/two-million-tourists-to-visit-cambodia-in-2022
Inflation predicted to fall below five percent
Inflation remains under control and is predicted to drop below five percent as banking and financial institutes continue to aid post-pandemic economic recovery, says the National Bank of Cambodia. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/inflation-predicted-to-fall-below-five-percent
Nearly 1 million foreign tourists visited Kingdom in Jan-Aug
The Kingdom has seen a significant rise in the number of international tourists in the January-August period of 2022, reflecting the industry recovery thanks to the government resuming the border to vaccinated tourists. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147796/nearly-1-million-foreign-tourists-visited-kingdom-in-jan-aug/
Kingdom received over 240,000 tourists last weekend
Showing signs of revival in tourism, the number of national and international visitors travelled across the country in the first weekend of this month rose to 246,195. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501129066/kingdom-received-over-240000-tourists-last-weekend/
Tax measures to back recovery of tourism
The government is taking more tax initiatives to support the recovery of tourism sector in addition to measures aimed at controlling Covid-19 pandemic and helping the most severely affected businesses in the country even though the number of tourists is increasing, according to a statement ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501114202/tax-measures-to-back-recovery-of-tourism/
Effective steps helped Kingdom’s tourism sector recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on Cambodia’s tourism sector however, it was handled well with the proactive efforts of the government and the timely introduction of socio-economic development policies, a top tourism official has said. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501111392/effective-steps-helped-kingdoms-tourism-sector-recovery/
Int’l air tourists to Cambodia surge 244 percent Q1
The number of foreign tourists arriving in Cambodia by air increased remarkably in 2022 after the government lifted Covid-19 restrictions, the Ministry of Tourism has said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089249/intl-air-tourists-to-cambodia-surge-244-percent-q1/
$150 million aid distributed to revive tourism industry
Cambodia Hotel Association (CHA) has distributed $150 million financial aid from the government to revive the country’s tourism sector hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior official said. ...
Kang Sothea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089253/150-million-aid-distributed-to-revive-tourism-industry/
Foreign tourist arrivals increase by 191 percent in Q1
The number of international tourists has seen a sharp increase by 191 percent or 241,485 in the January-April period this year, a positive sign for the tourism recovery since Cambodia announced to fully reopen the country in November last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501087385/foreign-tourist-arrivals-increase-by-191-percent-in-q1/
Kingdom set to receive $965M in ADB financing
Cambodia is set to receive $965 million in financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to promote development in priority areas and create programs that seek to rehabilitate and spur economic growth. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-set-receive-965m-adb-financing
Oz, ministry launch quality infrastructure initiative P4I
The Australian embassy in Phnom Penh – in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport – launched the “Partnership for Infrastructure (P4I)” initiative to accelerate the development of quality infrastructure to drive inclusive and resilient development in Cambodia. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oz-ministry-launch-quality-infrastructure-initiative-p4i
Cambodia targets one million tourists this year
The Ministry of Tourism puts a target of at least a million foreign tourists this year, outlining the main tourism markets as Asean, South East Asia countries, US, France and UK. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501078728/cambodia-targets-one-million-tourists-this-year/
International tourists to Cambodia’s Angkor up 6 folds in first 4 months of this year
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park attracted 33,205 foreign visitors in the first four months of this year, up by 633 percent year-on-year, the state-owned Angkor Enterprise said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068083/international-tourists-to-cambodias-angkor-up-6-folds-in-first-4-months-of-this-year/