May Kunmakara
The Phnom Penh Post
ANGKOR Wat ticket sales revenue rose more than 20 percent so far this year to the end of October, compared with the same period last year, the Apsara Authority said yesterday.
Director General Bun Narith would not give exact revenue figures, but said political stability, good security and economic recovery had led to an increase in tourists visiting the temples.
“We have got political stability and we keep tourists safer during their visits, making them very confident to enjoy our country — but the recovery of the economy also contributed to the growth,” he said.
He told The Post last year that 2009 revenue from ticket sales dropped to around US$27 million from nearly $30 million in 2008.
Bun Narith said most tourists visiting Angkor Wat this year were from the region — hailing from countries such as Vietnam, Singapore and Korea – but the number of tourists from Western countries was growing slowly.
The number of foreign tourists to visit the temple complex rose about 24 percent in the first nine months, to 804,170 from 648,972 tourists, according to official figures from Apsara Authority.
Bun Narith said he hoped revenue would increase by more than 20 percent this year over last year, but added he was not sure whether it could exceed 2008 revenues.
“Now, we are in the dry season, so there will be more Western tourists coming,” he said.
Foreign tourists pay $20 to visit the temples for one day, $40 for three days and $60 for a weeklong visit.
Tourist numbers have been on the rise all year.
In the first nine months of this year, the number of foreign tourists visiting the Kingdom has increased nearly 15 percent compared to the same period of 2009.
A total of 1,803,180 tourists entered the Kingdom via land, air and sea in the first nine months, a 14.6 percent increase on 1,573,940 tourists in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING NGUON SOVAN AND CHUN SOPHAL
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Pay $5 and you can pee in Angkor What
they say if something is kept a secret, then one got to wonder out loud about the motive! yes, do make a distinction between private and public affairs, etc, ok! in public service, there's no such thing as privacy, however, in a personal case, do respect other's rights to personal privacy, etc...
អង្គរវត្តជាកេរ្កិ៍មរតក ពីដូនតាខ្មែរយើង
រដ្ឋាភិបាល មិនគួរប្រគល់សិទ្ធគ្រប់គ្រោងអោយ
ទៅក្រុមហ៊ុនឯកជនឡើយ ៕ រដ្ឋាភិបាលត្រូវតែគ្រប់គ្រោងដោយខ្លួនឯង ព្រោះថាក្រុមហ៊ុនឯកជន ពួកគេប្រាកដ ជាភូតកុហក់នូវទឹកប្រាក់ចំណូលទំាងអំបាលម៉ាន
ដើម្បី កេងបន្លំយកចំណេញកប់ក្ដោងតែម្នាក់ឯងហើយ ។
Hanoi killed Moslems and took Champa.
Hanoi killed Khmers Krom and has controlled.
That is Viet’s nature as thieves and crocodiles.
That is Viet’s nature as thieves and crocodiles.
Down Vietnamese expansionism!
Vietnam will be wiped out by hurricane!
by Volcano!
by earthquake!
by tsunami!
and by….!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out by hurricane! by Volcano!
by earthquake! by tsunami waves ! and by….
LONG LIVE CHAMPA !
LONG LIVE KHMER EMPIRE !
LONG LIVE CHAMPA!
LONG LIVE KHMER EMPIRE!
Where are our khmer money from Angkor Wat?These all money need our khmer people for deverlopment our country,not for youn Hanou Sok Kong and the for the dictatorships!!!
angkor revenue should be public record, not private!
Now it is showing that the king who built Angkor and its complex are only slaves to Sok Kong.
You now betray your swear against those spirits.
It is a disgrace!.
Khmer dogs spirit
Half of the Money go to My father and mother (hun sen and bun runy) ..
And the rest go to his cronies... do not believe it spend on the poor Khmer people. I, hun Manet, a West Educator, see many unjust in Cambodia. Our family have so much money we don't even know what to do with it. My father become mentally ill and my mother is being paranoid and we are not as good as you think we do.
Power destroy family, country, and corrupt the world peace.
Father was a poor man never had such money before and does my mother. They are so greed and want to get rid of all the Khmer in that country. They want to own that country by themselves which is not going happen.
My father visited Vietnam Hanoi ... making us look like we can only live better under Hanoi's control. We have no such freedom and peace. Peace for us right now only TEMPORARY only.
Nothing is permanent in our family.
Signed...Hun Manet & Hun Mana...PP
The profit would be greater still if the Apsara Authority could stop the customs monkeys in Siem Reap International Airport from extorting money from visitors coming in and going out of the country. Those morons are the best paid public servants in the land, and yet their greed is endless. I still cannot believe that they actually asked me for money when I was on my way out of the country! It was bad enough that they demanded money on the way in, but out as well?
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