Cambodia’s Tourism Rebounds, But Still Lags Behind 2019 Levels

via various sources, 02 October 2023: Cambodia saw a significant surge in foreign tourist arrivals in the first eight months of 2023, with a 250.8% year-on-year increase. However, this is still a 19.7% decrease compared to the same period in 2019. The majority of tourists arrived from neighboring countries, and the nation expects to welcome between 4.5 and 5 million international tourists by the end of the year.

The Kingdom is expected to welcome between 4.5 and 5 million international tourists by the end of this year, up from 2.27 million in 2022.

Tourism is one of the four pillars supporting Cambodia’s economy, in addition to garment export, agriculture, and construction and real estate.

Cambodia is well known for its world cultural heritage sites, namely the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap province, the Preah Vihear Temple and Koh Ker Temple in Preah Vihear province, and the Sambor Prei Kuk Archaeological Site in Kampong Thom province.

Source: Foreign arrivals up 250.8% in first eight months – Khmer Times

See also:

• Cambodia’s famed Angkor attracts nearly 540,000 int’l tourists in first 9 months | Xinhua, 02 Oct 2023
• Angkor Park collects $25M in Jan-Sept | Khmer Times, 03 Oct 2023