Kingdom int’l tourist arrivals surge 409%

International tourist arrivals in Cambodia surged by a whopping 409 percent in the first six months of this year, reaching 2.57 million. This is a significant increase from the 506,762 arrivals recorded in the same period of 2022. Tourism Minister Thong Khon said around 910,000 foreign tourists visited the country by air, an increase of 279 percent when compared with the same period last year.

“About 1.63 million foreign tourists visited Cambodia by land, up 526 percent; and 30,000 by waterways, up 586 percent,” the minister said in a report.
The Kingdom also welcomed 10,635 international flights in the first six months of this year, he pointed out. “Based on our latest forecast, Cambodia will be able to receive up to 5 million international tourists in 2023, an expected increase of 120 percent from 2.27 million in 2022,” he said.
 

Thailand topped the list of international tourist arrivals to the country in the first half of this year, followed by Vietnam, China, Laos, and the United States, the minister said. Cambodia is expected to receive 7 million foreign tourists in 2025, a significant increase from the pre-Covid-19 level of 6.6 million in 2019.
 

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