Cambodia records 1.26 mln air passengers in Q1

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PHNOM PENH, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia reported 1.26 million air travelers during the first quarter of 2023, up 549 percent from only 195,000 passengers over the same period last year, said the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation's report released on Wednesday. The report said international and domestic airlines had operated 12,091 flights to the kingdom's three international airports during the January-March period this year, up 199 percent from 4,043 flights over the same period last year.

The State Secretariat of Civil Aviation's Undersecretary of State and Spokesman Sinn Chanserey Vutha said the Southeast Asian country is projected to attract some 4.6 million air passengers this year, an expected sharp increase from 2.38 million last year. "For 2023, we predict that the number of air passengers will be doubled thanks to China's reopening," he told Xinhua.

He said China's optimization of its anti-COVID-19 strategy and resumption of its outbound group tours earlier this year have injected fresh impetus into the development of the aviation industry. According to the spokesman, the aviation sector generated 1.7 million direct and indirect jobs, and contributed nearly 17 percent to the country's total gross domestic product.

 

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