The Ministry of Tourism has chosen Battambang city to become a smoke-free city by the end of 2020 to promote public health and develop a smoke-free tourism sector. Ministry spokesman Top Sopheak yesterday said the decision to turn Battambang city into a smoke-free environment will aid in efforts to turn the city green and clean up its environment.

 

He noted this is important because the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts plans to seek heritage city status for Battambang from Unesco. “We set the target to be smoke-free, but it does not mean that there is no smoking areas in the whole of Battambang city,” he said. “We don’t want to have air pollution due to tobacco smoke in the tourism industry, such as at hotels, guesthouses, restaurants and resorts; it can affect tourists who don’t like tobacco smoke.”

 

Mr Sopheak added that the ministry conducted a similar campaign in Siem Reap city and will push it next to Kampot city and Kratie city, which the ministry also plans to list as heritage cities. Mom Kong, executive director of Cambodia Movement for Health, said making major tourist cities smoke-free will influence others cities to follow suit.

 

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Good news, but what Battambang needs is an AIRPORT for the tourists. At the moment one has to use land transportation (roads or limited rail service) or boats (from Tonle Sap).  I have visited on several occasions and it is a interesting city (Cambodia's second) built on either side of a river.

Airports tend to have a negative effect on a town or area. Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville

On 12/19/2019 at 2:26 PM, my friend I said:

Airports tend to have a negative effect on a town or area. Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville

On the contrary, these 3 cities are currently booming with tourists many of whom arrive by air. Tourists flying in, money coming in!