The ministry said that nearly 420,000 Cambodians had visited Vietnam last year alone.
At the same time, according to the Cambodian Minister of Tourism ThongKhon, the number of Vietnamese tourists that head for Cambodia isgrowing by almost 18 percent a year.
He said that more than600,000 Vietnamese visited Cambodia last year, 21 percent of allforeign visitors to the country. Their most favourite spot is AngkorWatt, the world famous historic landmark.
Vietnam andCambodia are in an excellent position to develop their touristindustries in conjunction with each other, by offering cheaper tours andmore comfortable ways of travelling. There are already dozens offlights and hundreds of buses shuttling to and fro the two countriesevery day but this could be improved.-VNA