Xinhua
In addition to the significant roles contributed by China to the country's development that is admired by Cambodian leaders, Cambodia is also seeing Chinese visitors as a potential boost to tourism.
Tith Chantha, director general of Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism highlighted China as a future main source of the Kingdom' s visitors.
"I am viewing and hoping that Chinese tourists will visit Cambodia just like the Mekong River that flows from China," he said.
China is now recorded as the third largest source of foreign tourists to Cambodia, according to statistics of the tourims ministry.
The latest figure showed that 177,636 Chinese visited Cambodia in 2010, an increase of 38.55 percent over 2009.
Cambodia has 438 hotels with 25,000 rooms and it is expected to have 40,000 more rooms by 2015 and 70,000 more rooms by 2020.
Tith Chantha said the tourism sector will generate as much as 4 billion U.S. dollars in revenue in 10 years.
In many forums, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has praised China for its major roles in helping his country including hard and soft assistance.
He said that he has gradually built good relationship with China since 1994, from good neighbor cooperation to mutual trust cooperation in 2006 and now it has reached a comprehensive strategic partner of cooperation.
In terms of investment, Hun Sen said China is seen as the largest investors of all in 2010.
And on tourism, he has encouraged local people and services to accept China's Yuan currency in a way to facilitate Chinese visitors to his country.
Hun Sen said his country's tourism has contributed 10 percent to Gross Domestic Product.
He also said tourism is playing an important role in boosting economic growth and the happiness of all people around the globe, and thus his government set tourism as one of the priority sectors for development, saying it is considered as "green gold" which is helping to promote the good living standard of the people, especially, those who are living in the touristic sites.
Cambodia is forecasting that foreign tourists will reach 6 million by year 2020.
In 2010, Cambodia hosted 2,508,289 tourist, an increase of 16 percent compared to 2,161,577 in 2009.
While many countries around the world are working hard to attract foreign tourists, Cambodia will be extremely busy hosting the 30th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 2011) this weekend through next week.
More than 2,000 delegates from 10 member states of Association of Southeast Asian Nations are ready to take part in the upcoming ATF 2011 which will be held from Jan. 15 to Jan. 21, 2011 at the newly built Diamond Island Convention and Exhibition Center in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia.
During the ATF 2011, there will be travel exchange (TRAVEX) which will give the venue for the ASEAN's package tour sellers and potential buyers from the region and the world, and friendship golf tournament for ASEAN Tourism Ministers and senior officials, organized and sponsored by international television network.
As planned China will also take part in the forum as a dialogue partner, according to organizers.
20 comments:
Chinese Tourists????
I never saw some????
However,
1.000s of Chinese People come to Cambodia to start a Business.
Never saw some of them walking on the Riverside or Killing Fields.
Some People are really stupid!
Most of those Chinese visitors will lay eggs like the VN cockroaches in the kingdom!
congratulation, chinese visitor visit cambodia with china's economy and power increase...
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ហើយមិនបានធ្វើអ្វីទាល់តែសោះ។
ពួកអាមេរិកាំងមិនដែលយកចិត្តទុក្ខដាក់នឹងពលរដ្ធខ្មែរដែលបានមករស់នៅស្រុករបស់គេប៉ុន្មាននោះទេ។
congratulation, china to station troop in North Korea...it is shown china's power in world...
the world need china to help...
More Chineses come to VISIT Cambodia, better for the Cambodian economy.
More Chineses come to LIVE in Cambodia, better for the Cambodian society.
Chinese is better than Yuon because they admitted their mistakes by helping and supporting Khmer Rouge. Now Chinese helping Khmer but Yuon is killing Khmer and taking Khmer land. Yuon is the most evil and devil people on earth. In Westminster, CA. more than 100,000 taking over the whole city it is American mistake brought them to takeover their land 1.3 million Yuon living in America today but have no role and no power in the American government not like in Cambodia.
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CHINATOWN IN PHNOM PENH?
Dear Prime Minister HUN SEN,
Great foreign policy. No left no right. Your son who is one of a top military services has education in USA, too.
Build frienship relation with China is the true interest of Cambodia and people. Keep this frienship growing and lasting forever.
Sam Rainsy has played a one way policy. It is not good for Cambodia.
Khmer overseas
Hun Sen you need to let 10 million Chinese live in Cambodia so they can counter the Youn Vietcong illegal immigrants!
Oh Gosh !Chinese come to Cambodia- What part of Cambodia. Most are coming to stay but not to stick their fingers in the mud like Khmer do. Anyone remember Khmer old saying Chen denh Khmer, khmer denh Kmouch- meaning Chinese chase Khmer and Khmer Chase ghost. Sooner or later Srok Khmer will become Srok chen, srok yuon. Khmer's job is to provide cheap and hard labor and to live in the corner of the country. If one can get credit for making friendship with China today why can't Pol Pot. What is good about Chinese money if freedom does not exist. Freedom first, money later. Money can be helpful and harmful.
Open eyes and expand brain bigger , Khmer.
2:23! You fuck! Don't you know Chinese are hard working people! Look at the Khmer in America more freedom and opportunity yet they fucken join gangs and drop out of school! Khmer people are lazy period! Chinese can build and help Cambodia! Who cares if Cambodia become a province of China in the future! I'm happy because it's better than Youn! Chinese money is also good! Better than using American money!
How many live of Cambodian people had been lost by China Aid during Pol Pot regime?, and now, how many live of us, Khmer People are suffering from Ah Yorng Yuon, Hun Xen?.
Land grabbing.
Forest devastation.
Land concession 99 years.
Viets are illegally entere and live every where in Our Motherland.
China has always trying to prevent Youn Vietcong out of Cambodia! If more Chinese live in Cambodia it is good and it they will help bring the economy up! Look at Malaysia! If it weren't for the Chinese Malaysia is dirt crap! Thank the Chinese for their hard work and respect!
Anonymous said...
Please KI post my article. Thank you
Gov't did the right things, they used to send all Gov't officials back to school, but now they raplaced them, becouse it been using same energy and same effort to patch all leacking boat. Now Gov't are much smarter they put new boat, it least headach, and more productive for the long run, loser is stile a loser. Any one who ignited people power whild Thai organizing new war room, it not good result for you, stope greedy political embitouse, use democratice ways by fair ellection. If Khmer allready united stay with that, unless Hun sen he gon wild like Plo pot. If all of us are truely love Khmer we must responsible the outcome of our action, to creat Chaos in our country it is not a good ideas, we all see alot of deverlopment and better futur now, please let Khmer stable long enought and strong enought to dealt wth youn or Saim in another time, the time most dangeriouse that youn or Siam could swalow Khmer is not now, it Betweent 1960 to 1998 that time Khmer are sooooo weaks, now we are very much ok, so please don't traped into another enermy military stratergy, enermy creat supperio opportunity for victoy by weakening our Khmer. Mike
I ALWAYS WONDER WHEN WILL PHNOM PENH HAVE A CHINATOWN???? It is good for tourism and the economy!
Khmerizatio if you opst my comment please add more as below:
in 1998 the result of people power, cost indonesia to lost East-timore, In soviet Union they lost, poland, Ajarbiajan, Hongary, yougoslavy, and east german. In china they lost Manchury to Japan, and lost the whole china to Enggland, In Cambodia, people power, provoke demostration every months from 1960s we lose to Pot pot. What do we want any of thise, who is your strongest leader that may drive youn out, or Saim?
Regards from Mike
No one foreigner loves Khmer more than Khmer loves Khmer. Dependence on foreigner means a serrander of one's effort and self confidence.
Our Ancesters built Angkore Wat Baray Tuk Tla Dam, and many temples. Did they depended on foreigner? We, Khmer are not just to be proud of these heritages, but we must follow our Ancester Steps.
I don't like people who undervalue Khmer. Are they Khmer? I can guess they are Chinese Cambodian. They think They are very clever, because they can exploit poor pure Khmer people easily. They forgot that because of these Khmer native people that make them rich. Do they grow rice. Labor and hardworking and low paid are in the Khmer hands. They bullied Khmer people saying they are lazy. It's not fair for them. If you live oversea, stop teasing Khmer.
you also work hard oversea, and you get well paid, you should encourage your people in Cambodia or if you are doing business in Cambodia, you should pay them a bit higher so that they can have a better life or not much different from you. You should learn from good action.
Every nation have disadvantage and poor people. It doesn't mean they are lazy.May be of their environment, their family problem or their lack of education. I suggest these "clever people" in this comments have virtue and respect differences. You should value yourself and value other and learn to respect.
Rich or intellect without conscience is worst than poor people.
I don't want to get involve in those comments, but I cannot stop my conscience to write to let these dirty people to awake. And it's also my last comment.
It's common for those people 3:41. I am at your side. They always label Khmer native. When, people are poor or do something wrong in the Cambodian community, they accused the native Khmer even these people have chinese or viet background.
However, when people are rich or get success at school, they automatically thought all chinese or Viet.
It's their tradition to put themselves superior.
They don't know that they are more ignorant and more stupid than Khmer people because they don't have their own land to live. They don't have their own identity as old Khmer saying: "Chen Min Chen Khmer min Khmer" or in English: Not Chinese nor Khmer" and Chinese said:"Min Sa Min See"
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