Russians, locals top Sihanoukville tourists

Sok Chan

Around 900,000 people, led by Russian tourists, flocked to the coastal tourist city of Sihanoukville during the April to June period this year, according to the provincial Tourism Department.

For the second quarter of this year, around 885,000 tourists visited the southern beach destination, up 15.8 per cent from the same period last year.

While a bulk of these tourists were Cambodians – making up 669,066 tourists – the remaining 216,000 were foreign tourists.