Siem Reap has become the Kingdom’s biggest tourism attraction as almost 190,000 tourists visited on New Year’s Day.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday: “More than two million visitors enjoyed their new year in many provinces, however, Siem Reap is the province that received the most tourists.”
Siem Reap Provincial Tourism Department director Ngov Sengkak said that on New Year’s weekend, 189,436 tourists visited various resorts in Siem Reap.
“There were 436 domestic foreign tourists who travelled to Siem Reap during the New Year celebration,” he added.
Tourism Minister Thong Khon said that Cambodia received more than one million tourists for the holiday with Phnom Penh and Siem Reap having the most visitors.
There was a total of 1,145,141 tourists, of which 1,139,387 were nationals and 5,754 foreigners. Top tourist destinations included: Phnom Penh 365,653; Siem Reap province 189,436; Kampot province 96,138; Kampong Speu province 80,100; Kampong Chhnang province 71,869; Kep province 66,135; and Preah Sihanouk province 55,717. Credit: Khmer Times
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