Angkor ticket revenue tanks 99% in Jan-Jun

via Phnom Penh Post, 04 July 2021: An avergae of 1,000 ticketed visitors to the Angkor Archaeological Park each month over the first half of the year.

Revenue from ticket sales to foreigners visiting Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park clocked in at a paltry $219,218 in the first half of 2021, cratering by 98.79 per cent year-on-year, as tourism remained in a Covid-19 coma.

And last month alone, ticket sales brought in just $22,010, down by 69.9 per cent from last June, reported Angkor Enterprise, the institution in charge of the temple complex’s income management.

International visitors bought 5,329 tickets in the first half – 555 last month alone, the state-owned enterprise said at the weekend.

Source: Angkor ticket revenue tanks 99% in Jan-Jun | Phnom Penh Post

See also:

• Cambodia’s famed Angkor sees 98.6-pct drop in foreign visitors in H1 | Xinhua, 02 July 2021
• Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat sees 98.6% drop in foreign visitors | The Weekend Leader, 02 July 2021