Angkor Witnesses Historic Rise in Chinese Visitors in 2024

via Khmer Times, 08 March 2024: Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park has experienced a remarkable 140% increase in Chinese tourists in the first two months of 2024, with over 16,000 visitors, making China the fifth largest source of tourists to the site. This surge is attributed to the Cambodia-China People-to-People Exchange Year initiative, which aims to boost tourism and economic growth.

Cambodia has recorded a significant rise in the number of Chinese tourists to its famed Angkor Archaeological Park in the first two months of 2024, according to the state-owned Angkor Enterprise’s report on Thursday.

The report said 16,074 Chinese holidaymakers visited the Angkor during the first two months this year, up 140 percent from 6,690 over the same period last year.

China was the fifth largest source of international tourists to the Angkor after South Korea, the United States, France, and Britain, it added.

According to the report, a total of 235,850 foreigners from 169 countries and regions toured the ancient park in the reporting period, up 50 percent from 156,951 in the same period last year.

Source: Chinese tourist arrivals to Cambodia’s Angkor up significantly – Khmer Times