The revenue from ticket sales at Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park surged by more than 300 percent to $815,575 in the first quarter of this year. The revenue from ticket sales for the corresponding period was at $185,079. A total of 19,840 foreign tourists purchased tickets to visit Angkor in the first three months of 2022, compared with 4,482 tourists for the same period in the previous year, the Angkor Enterprise said in a press release.

 

In March alone, 8,177 tourists bought Angkor tickets worth $337,499, it said. Minister Thong Khon said that the Ministry of Tourism issued a circular to the Department of Tourism, urging them to cooperate with the administration and relevant departments in managing the flow of tourists, strengthening Covid-19 protocol, and improving the quality of products and services.

 

Ho Vandy, president of World Express Tour and Travel Co, and an adviser to the Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, told Khmer Times: “Tourism will recover when people get vaccinated. With the country reopened for foreign tourists, people are not afraid about Covid- 19 because of preventive measures. It is a golden opportunity for the private and public sectors. When more people are vaccinated, the apprehensions of tourists will go.

 

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3 hours ago, geovalin said:

The revenue from ticket sales at Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park surged by more than 300 percent to $815,575 in the first quarter of this year.

20,000 tickets sold in a 3 month period doesn't seem a lot to me.

200 people a day ..... I've been to bars & restaurants that had more customers than that.