Ticket sales revenue at the Angkor Archaeological Park grew by 8 percent in 2018, a slowdown compared to 2017 when year-on-year revenue growth reached 72 percent. The park generated $116.6 million from passes, according to a statement from the Angkor Enterprise, the company in charge of ticket sales.

 

From January to December, 2.5 million foreign travellers visited the famed temple complex, an increase of 5.4 percent compared to 2017, when ticket prices were bumped up. In 2016, the Angkor Enterprise took over ticket sales from the Sokimex group. It then announced new prices, with one-day tickets rising from $20 to $37, three-day tickets from $40 to $62, and one-week tickets from $60 to $72.

 

The new prices include a $2 donation to children hospitals in Cambodia run by the Kantha Bopha Foundation. In 2018, $5.1 million were collected in donations for the organisation. Industry insiders agreed on the significance of the revenue figures, but said there is still a lot of room for improvement in the sector and urged companies to create new products and packages to attract more tourists to the Kingdom and make them stay longer.

 

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Yes, Angkor is awesome. But they're milking it for all they can get!

The various temple complexes and history that goes with it is absolutely breathtaking. However, get your timings wrong and it is manic.

 

I used tip top tuk tuk to take me to buy the ticket and to the temples, you can find him on Facebook. A very friendly guy who won’t rip you off, will give you a tour of the various sites and will show you all the best photo opportunities.

 

 

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