14 August 2014
Cambodia
has received 230,100 Chinese tourists in the first six months of 2014, an
increase of 19% over the same period last year.
The report
shows that China is the second largest source of tourists to Cambodia after
Vietnam. Chief of the statistics and planning department at the Ministry of
Tourism, attributed the steady and remarkable rise in Chinese tourists to
Cambodia to more direct flight connections between Cambodia and China and
Cambodia's attractive tourism destinations.
Cambodia
could greet about 500,000 Chinese visitors this year and up to 1.5 million by
2020. Tourism is one of the four pillars supporting the Cambodian economy. The
Southeast Asian nation is renowned for its two world heritage sites. One is the
12th century Angkor Wat Temple and the other is the 11th century Preah Vihear
Temple. It has a pristine coastline, which is one of the World's most beautiful
Bays, stretching in the length of 450 km in four Southern provinces of Koh
Kong, Preah Sihanouk, Kampot and Kep.
The
country received a total of 2.2 million foreign visitors during the first six
months of this year, up 5% over the same period last year. Vietnam, China,
South Korea, Laos and Japan are the largest sources of tourists to the country.
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