PHNOM PENH, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visiting Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple increased by 3.6 folds in 2010 thanks to good security and better infrastructure in the area, director of Preah Vihear province's tourism department Kong Vibol said on Saturday.
There had been 80,356 people visiting the temple in 2010, increased by 3.6 times from 17,174 people in 2009, he told Xinhua by telephone. Of the figure, the domestic visitors were up 3.7 times to 78,419 from 16,405 and the foreign tourists increased by 1.5 times to 1,937 from 769.
"It's a huge increase of the tourists to the temple in 2010 due to better security and stability as the border tension with Thailand has been eased, and the good condition roads--easy to travel,"said Kong Vibol, adding "so visitors feel safe and more confidence to visit the temple."
Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was enlisted as World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008. Just a week after the enlistment, Cambodia and Thailand have had border conflict due to Thai claim of the ownership of 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) of scrub next to the temple, triggering a military build-up along the border, and periodic clashes between Cambodian and Thai soldiers have resulted in the deaths of troops on both sides.
The border issue, however, has been eased as the top leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have held four meetings since September.
In 2010, the province as a whole received 135,657 tourists, up 119 percent from 61,903 in 2009, Kong Vibol said. Of the figure, foreign tourists were up 32 percent to 11,249 from 8,512 in 2009.
Preah Vihear province has three attractive ancient temples for tourists. They are Preah Vihear temple, Koh Ker temple and Preah Khan Kampong Svay temple.
5 comments:
it's about time cambodia stop being isolated and encourage all tourists to visit our country so they can know more about our beautiful country of cambodia. slowly but surely, cambodia will be well known in the world. god bless cambodia.
please help to promote cambodia. yes, we have a lot of sites, tours, etc for tourists to our country. we want our country of cambodia to be well known all over the world, really! please come have fun in cambodia. make cambodia your next tourist destination, you will love us.
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Should burn 2 coffins with a picture of Panich Vikitsreth and PAD co-leader Veera Somkwamkid on it instead.
Should burn 2 coffins with a picture of Panich Vikitsreth and PAD co-leader Veera Somkwamkid on it instead.
Should burn 2 coffins with a picture of Panich Vikitsreth and PAD co-leader Veera Somkwamkid on it instead.
Should burn 2 coffins with a picture of Panich Vikitsreth and PAD co-leader Veera Somkwamkid on it instead.
Prasat Preah Vihear was builded to serve God and for those who pray to God only but not to serve for tourist, thatwise God curse to those who made money out of the expense of God. Stop do stupid thing and return Prasat Preah Vihear to God and those pray for God, do not make mistake like Angkor where to served as tourist place (one day lightenig will strike on Apsara Authority and its association), of course God allowed Khmer to own Prasat Preah Vihear not Thai.
i love cambodia, everywhere i visited, it's so beautiful. superficial stuff don't interest me, i look beyond that and see lots of beauty in cambodia such as the khmer people, the landscape, the ancient temples, the natural beauty, the man-made beauty, the khmer cuisine, the language, the culture, the colorful khmer buddhist temples, the city of phnom penh, the city of siem reap, the city of battambang, the coastal villages, towns and cities, the waterfalls, etc, etc... the list is endless, really!
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