The 6th meeting of tourism ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) in Cambodia on November 3 adopted a three-year action programme on tourism cooperation which further focuses on promoting the realization of 'Four Countries, One Destination”.
Cambodia expects to attract 1 million international tourists in 2022, much higher than the figure of 200,000 last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on July 14.
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism, will support Cambodia to restore the tourism sector after the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on April 7 that he has decided to cancel the Khmer New Year celebrations scheduled for April 13-16 in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The US-ASEAN Business Council will help Cambodia in managing its tourism sector, diversifying and developing tourism products through investment projects.
Cambodia’s Angkor Air will launch the first direct flight from Phnom Penh to Da Nang city, central Vietnam, in October, according to the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism on August 23.
Some 887,039 Chinese tourists came to Cambodia in the first four months of 2019, up 37 percent from the same period last year, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report announced on June 6 by the Cambodian tourist ministry.
Cambodia hopes to receive 6.8 million foreign tourists this year and 7.5 million in 2020, with estimated revenue of 5 billion USD and nearly 1 million jobs.
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