Twelve door guardian statues have been discovered by archaeologists during a recent excavation at the northern gate of the ancient Royal Palace within Angkor Thom in Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park, the Apsara National Authority (ANA) said.
An event themed "Smile of Cambodia" was officially launched at the iconic Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia's northwestern province of Siem Reap on August 15, aiming to introduce arts and cultural heritage to tourists.
About 3,000 domestic and international runners took part in the 9th Angkor Empire Marathon held at the Angkor Archaeological Park in Cambodia’s northwest on August 4.
One person was killed and three others were injured as a rainstorm toppled a centuries-old tree in the Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province on July 23, reported the provincial authority.
A marathon and cycling tournament was held in Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap province in northwestern Cambodia, on April 8-9 to welcome the Angkor Sangkran festival which will be celebrated during the country’s upcoming traditional New Year – Chol Chnam Thmay 2023.
Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park hosted 287,454 foreign visitors in 2022 and reeled in 11.5 million USD from ticket sales, the state-owned Angkor Enterprise said in a news release on January 4.
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park attracted 134,152 foreign visitors in the first three quarters of 2022, 20 times higher than the figure of the same period last year.
The Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap province welcomed 4,194 foreign tourists in the first two months of this year, AKP - the national news agency of Cambodia reported on March 3.
Cambodia earned 18.45 million USD in revenue from the sale of tickets at Angkor Archaeological Park in the first nine months of 2020, a 75 percent decrease year-on-year due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Angkor Enterprise.
Ticket sales at Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park declined 99.5 percent to only 29,368 USD in April from almost 7 billion USD year-on-year due to travelling restriction measures during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Cambodia has won the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association's (PATWA) International Travel Award for Best Destination, local media reported on March 13.