Number of international tourist arrivals to Cambodia skyrocket
Cambodia attracted 1.29 million international visitors in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 709% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism's report released on May 23.
The number of international tourist arrivals to Cambodia skyrocket. (Photo: khmertimeskh.com)
Phnom Penh (VNA)– Cambodia attracted 1.29 million international visitors in thefirst quarter of 2023, an increase of 709% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism's report released 𒈔on May 23.
Thailand topped the chart among the international arrivals tothe neighbouring nation during the period, followed by Vietnam and China. Accordingly, 424,241 Thais, 207,527 Vietnamese, and 132,665 Chinese visited Cambodia from January to March. Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said Cambodia is expected to attract more than 4million international tourists this year after China optimised itsanti-COVID-19 strategy and resumed its outbound group tours earlier this year.
He emphasised that Chinais one of the most important outbound tourism markets for the world, so China'sresumption of outbound tourism is very beneficial not only to Cambodia, butalso to the whole world.
Earlier, during a working trip to Cambodia fromMay 4-6 on the occasion of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32), Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen VanHung and Minister of Tourism Thong Khon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on tourism cooperation between the countries.
The two sides agreed to bolster theexchange of road tourism, espᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚecially self-driving car tourism, by facilitatingcross-border tourism while encouraging tourism businesses of the two countries to develop tourism packages, including cultural and heritage tourism, sport tourism andculinary tourism in order to diversify tour𓃲ism products through sports events,food exhibitions and culinary forums./.
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The number of international tourist arrivals to Cambodia skyrocket. (Photo: khmertimeskh.com) 
