Cambodia has prepared four quarantine centres for Cambodians who return home and a further 10 hotels for foreign arrivals in Phnom Penh to service the increasing numbers of arrivals to the country, according to the Ministry of Health.
The number of foreign tourists visiting Cambodia increased by 10 percent to 4.8 million in the first nine months of the year as Chinese continue to top the list of tourist arrivals, followed by Vietnamese.
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.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du highlighted cooperation attainments between the two countries in recent times at a banquet hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh on September 1 to celebrate the 72nd National Day of Vietnam (September 2, 1945).
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse arrived in Pochentong International Airport in Phnom Penh on April 24 afternoon, beginning his two-day official visit to Cambodia.
A visit to Cambodia from April 24-25 by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will be his first official trip to the neighbouring country in the post of the Government leader of Vietnam.
Cambodia welcomed more than 3.7 million international arrivals in the
first ten month of 2014, likely to fail the set target of 4.7 million
foreign visitors for the year, according to Cambodian Ministry of
Tourism.
Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Hul Phany speaks highly of exchanges
with Vietnam in an article run on Viet Nam News on the occasion of
Cambodia’s National Day, November 9.
Vietnam and Cambodia are planning to
open two routes linking the coastal city of Sihanoukville in Cambodia
with Phu Quoc island and Can Tho city in the south of Vietnam.
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