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Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Thong Khon, the minister of tourism, indicated on 17 January that the revenue from tourism rises from $1.04 billion in 2006 to $1.4 billion in 2007. Thong Khon said that among the 2 million of tourists visiting the country, 60% visited Siem Reap, 35% stayed in Phnom Penh, 10% visited Cambodia’s seashores, and a number of others visited Cambodia’s northeast and other regions. Thong Khon said that, in average, each tourist stays 3 to 4 days and spends about $770. In 2007, the largest number of tourists came from Korea, followed by Japan, the USA, Vietnam, Taiwan, etc… The tourism industry provides more than 200,000 jobs.
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