Nov 7, 2007
DPA
Phnom Penh - Cambodia sees China's booming economy as a benefit, not a threat, and the kingdom is anticipating 1 million Chinese tourists a year as Chinese became richer, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday.
'Some people say China's economic growth is a threat to the world economy but some say it is good for the region and the world,' Hun Sen told a conference on investment and trade in the capital.
'I believe when China becomes rich it is good for Cambodia. When we receive Chinese tourists it is even better than Chinese investment. We want 1 million Chinese tourists per year.'
Hun Sen said he was inclined to trust in China's continued economic growth, and questioned the effect the burgeoning current account deficit of the US would have on exports for Cambodia and other regional economies in the not-so distant future.
'This could be a danger for the world economy. The US is like the locomotive engine of the train. When the engine stops, we all slow down,' he said.
According to the Ministry of Tourism third quarter statistics for 2007, mainland Chinese tourist arrivals to Cambodia ranked a distant sixth of all nationalities, but the 82,915 Chinese tourists still represented an increase of more than 47 per cent from last year.
China has rapidly become Cambodia's most important source of foreign direct investment, and is also a major donor.
'Some people say China's economic growth is a threat to the world economy but some say it is good for the region and the world,' Hun Sen told a conference on investment and trade in the capital.
'I believe when China becomes rich it is good for Cambodia. When we receive Chinese tourists it is even better than Chinese investment. We want 1 million Chinese tourists per year.'
Hun Sen said he was inclined to trust in China's continued economic growth, and questioned the effect the burgeoning current account deficit of the US would have on exports for Cambodia and other regional economies in the not-so distant future.
'This could be a danger for the world economy. The US is like the locomotive engine of the train. When the engine stops, we all slow down,' he said.
According to the Ministry of Tourism third quarter statistics for 2007, mainland Chinese tourist arrivals to Cambodia ranked a distant sixth of all nationalities, but the 82,915 Chinese tourists still represented an increase of more than 47 per cent from last year.
China has rapidly become Cambodia's most important source of foreign direct investment, and is also a major donor.
10 comments:
Yes, and we hope they (the 1 million Chinese) will fly our new and improved "Royal Air Cambodge".
Penny tourist!
Hey, money mean jobs.
Fuck you Ah Hun Sen two million Cambodian were lost their lives by China ,Yuon and khmer rouge your self now you go back to the square one ?
1 million Chinese turists!!!The chinese turis are the Penny Turists.Mr: Sihanuk and the stubpid king Sihamoni love chines penny(the communist) and the dictator Hun Xen is the same!They are Pol Pots and Youn and Chinese and the want undirect kil´l khmer people.
We are enought with Chinese and Youn and Hun Xen.
We don't care about penny tourists. We just want jobs, jobs, jobs.
Diversity is the best policy Ah Hun Sen!!!
Yeah!1 million Chinese with TB come to visiting Cambodia every year. Sure! and job that will pay you with multiple anitbiotics for 3 years to take in order to save your life and if you lucky to have any to take or you'll just go sleep under the ground forever. Sure! sure! come on over! hope, it'll the bastard who brought them to us in the first place.
You need to be careful with those ching chong o.k!
There is nothing to worry about. The Chinese have been here even before the Khmer-Indian arrive. Thus, the more they come over, the better we will be. Just look at Singapore.
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