The Angkor Wat temple complex, a tourist magnet in Siem Reap province, Cambodia (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodia recorded morethan 1 million tourists during the Lunar New Year holiday, according to itsMinistry of Tourism (MoT).
Theycomprised about 993,990 locals and 57,480 foreigners who travelled within thecountry during February 9-11, the ministry said, adding that the top fivetourist destinations were Preah Sihanouk province (nearly 300,000 visitors), followedby Siem Reap and Battambang provinces (over 100,000 each).
Ho Vandy, an advisor at the Cambodia Tourism Association, saidthat a considerable number of people in Cambodia have tended to go travellingduring holidays and weekends, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic eased.
He also pointed out a sharp rise in the number oftours to the country booked by Chinese during the Lunar New Year holiday, byabout 20-30% compared to last year’s holiday.
The MoT reported that Cambodia’s tourismsector earned more than 3 billion USD in 2023, surging 115% from the previous year’srevenue of 1.41 billion USD. The country welcomed 5.45 million international touristarrivals in 2023, up 140% from the 2.27 million in 2022.
Anticipating further tourism recovery this year,Cambodia hopes to attract the number of tourists equivalent to or exceeding therecord set in 2019, before the pandemic broke out, when it saw over 6.6 millioninternational tourists and earned nearly 5 billion USD in revenue, or about 12%of its GDP.
Tourism is one of the four pillars of the Cambodian economy./.
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The Angkor Wat temple complex, a tourist magnet in Siem Reap province, Cambodia (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
