Khmer New Year sparks tourist exodus

[geovalin]

About 5.2 million Cambodians took domestic tours during three-day Khmer New Year, up 23 percent on the same period last year, the Tourism Ministry says. A ministry report said the Angkor Sangkranta Festival in Siem Reap province drew most tourists.

 

The Khmer traditional New Year, which ran from April 14 to 16, is one of country’s longest holiday periods. Of the number of travelers, about 5.1 million were Cambodian and 90,000 were foreign tourists, said the report, which grouped 25 provinces and a city into six destinations – Phnom Penh, Siem Reap areas, coastal areas, northeast, Battambang areas, and others.

 

Siem Reap province was most popular, with 1.8 million tourists including 36,698 foreign tourists. Coastal area areas including Sihanoukville, Kampot, Kep, and Koh Kong provinces received nearly a half million visitors, both national and foreign.

 

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-- © Copyright Khmer Times 19/04

[Benmart]

Exodus

noun

1. a mass departure of people, especially emigrants.

    

   The headline makes no sense after reading the article. Maybe the word "Influx" was meant to be used.

[Stargeezr]

What some posters here do not realize is that some people who work in Cambodia, or

Thailand, take the opportunity to go to their home countries to celebrate the New Year,

Thai or Khmer. That is why the word exodus is used. Too bad there is such confusion.

Geezer