The Brunei Times
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - AIR links between Brunei and Siem Reap are set to start, a report from Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Post newspaper reported yesterday.
In its website, the newspaper quoted ranking officials from Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism as saying international flights will also link Siem Reap with Indonesia to boost tourism.
Siem Reap to connect to Brunei, Tith Chantha, director general of the ministry, was quoted as saying that Cambodia would launch connections with Borobudur in Java, Indonesia in April, while the Brunei flights will follow later.
“If the plan is successful, we believe that more and more tourists will come to visit Cambodia. We hope that tourist numbers will increase around 10 per cent in coming years. We are now discussing technical matters in order to facilitate the flights,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.
For its part, Brunei is eyeing a 14 per cent annual increase in its 2010 inbound tourist figures, a higher target than the 10 per cent rise that government’s tourism executives had announced earlier.
Sheikh Jamaluddin Sheikh Mohamed, chief executive officer of the Brunei Tourism Board, said the inbound tourist figures slipped in 2009.
Only 119,540 arrivals were recorded in January to September last year compared to 225,757 in the same period in 2008.
In its website, the newspaper quoted ranking officials from Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism as saying international flights will also link Siem Reap with Indonesia to boost tourism.
Siem Reap to connect to Brunei, Tith Chantha, director general of the ministry, was quoted as saying that Cambodia would launch connections with Borobudur in Java, Indonesia in April, while the Brunei flights will follow later.
“If the plan is successful, we believe that more and more tourists will come to visit Cambodia. We hope that tourist numbers will increase around 10 per cent in coming years. We are now discussing technical matters in order to facilitate the flights,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.
For its part, Brunei is eyeing a 14 per cent annual increase in its 2010 inbound tourist figures, a higher target than the 10 per cent rise that government’s tourism executives had announced earlier.
Sheikh Jamaluddin Sheikh Mohamed, chief executive officer of the Brunei Tourism Board, said the inbound tourist figures slipped in 2009.
Only 119,540 arrivals were recorded in January to September last year compared to 225,757 in the same period in 2008.
