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Phnom Penh - The number of foreign tourists visiting the Angkor Wat temple complex, Cambodia's key tourist attraction, climbed 24 per cent in the first nine months of this year, local media reported Friday.
The Apsara Authority, which manages the temples, told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper that 804,000 people had visited the complex this year compared with 649,000 in the same period last year.
However Bun Narith, who heads the Apsara Authority, said the impact on revenues was unclear.
'(For example) some 200 to 300 government delegations attended meetings in Siem Reap, and they visit Angkor Wat for free,' he said.
The president of the Cambodian Association of Travel Agents said up to 80 per cent of foreign tourists visit Angkor Wat, which is situated outside Siem Reap town in western Cambodia.
'Most guests think they haven't seen Cambodia if they miss visiting Angkor Wat,' Ang Kim Eang said.
The number of tourists to the kingdom is up 15 per cent this year, but big-spending visitors from the United States and the United Kingdom are down 4 per cent. The average foreign tourist spends 112 dollars a day when in-country.
Most of this year's increase in tourist numbers has come from neighbouring Vietnam, whose citizens typically spend less and do not stay as long.
The government is targeting 2.4 million tourists this year, 11 per cent up on last year.
Tourism is one of Cambodia's four economic pillars, along with agriculture, garment manufacturing and construction. Agriculture was the only pillar not badly hit by the 2008 global economic crisis.
The Apsara Authority, which manages the temples, told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper that 804,000 people had visited the complex this year compared with 649,000 in the same period last year.
However Bun Narith, who heads the Apsara Authority, said the impact on revenues was unclear.
'(For example) some 200 to 300 government delegations attended meetings in Siem Reap, and they visit Angkor Wat for free,' he said.
The president of the Cambodian Association of Travel Agents said up to 80 per cent of foreign tourists visit Angkor Wat, which is situated outside Siem Reap town in western Cambodia.
'Most guests think they haven't seen Cambodia if they miss visiting Angkor Wat,' Ang Kim Eang said.
The number of tourists to the kingdom is up 15 per cent this year, but big-spending visitors from the United States and the United Kingdom are down 4 per cent. The average foreign tourist spends 112 dollars a day when in-country.
Most of this year's increase in tourist numbers has come from neighbouring Vietnam, whose citizens typically spend less and do not stay as long.
The government is targeting 2.4 million tourists this year, 11 per cent up on last year.
Tourism is one of Cambodia's four economic pillars, along with agriculture, garment manufacturing and construction. Agriculture was the only pillar not badly hit by the 2008 global economic crisis.
5 comments:
WHERE IS THE MONEY GO?
ASK HS'S BEDROOM CAMANDER IN THIEF BUNNRUNNY....THE THIEF.
HS IS A REAL PUPPET. HE HAS NO BRAIN. HE HAS HALF POUND OF BRAIN IN HIS BRAIN.
MRS. BUN RUNYY STOP STEAL STUFF FROM PEOPLE. IT IS KARMA LADY.
WE CPP IS VERY TIRED OF YOUR ASS FIRST ILLEGAL LADY IN CAMBODIA WITH NO RESPECT FROM NO ONE BUT VIET CONG.
LONG LIVE VIET NAM... we are HAPPY for you HUN SEN and CPP..
We will continues to support your regimes.
Unclear? How hard is it to multiple the number of paid visitors or tickets sold by the price of those tickets.
Perhaps the Apsara Authoririty needs a Ph D. ?
Khmer thieves are from the top to the bottom.Le governement est un voleur,les officiels sont des voleurs.This is what some people called the Kingdom of Babanana.
អាហ៊ុន សែន អាក្បត់ជាតិ។
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