Tourists wearing face masks while visiting a site in Siem Reap, Cambodia on March 6, 2020 (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - TheWorld Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the United Nations agency responsible forthe promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism,will support Cambodia to restore the tourism sector after the COVID-19 pandemicends.
The claimwas made during the UNWTO 32nd meeting via video conferencing last week.
Cambodia’s Khmer Times newspaperquoted Tourism Minister Thong Khon as saying that the UNWTO has regardedCambodia as a priority country in Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia to receivetechnical assistance support to restore the tourism sector after the COVID-19.
The ministersaid that the UNWTO will assist Cambodia with human resource development andexchange experiences in managing the tourism sector after the pandemic.
TheMinistry of Tourism is setting the strategic planning to restore the sectorwhile UNWTO will help in technical assistance, he added.
Data fromthe Ministry of Tourism shows that Cambodia’s tourism sector has shown somepositive signs since May, boosted by domestic visitors and foreigners livinghere with more than 450,000 people travelling to tourism destinations in thecountry as of June.
TheCOVID-19 has forced the closure of nearly 3,000 tourism-based businesses inCambodia and left more than 45,000 staff members unemployed as of May./.
