Angkor visitor numbers flat in 2015

The number of foreign tourists visiting Cambodia’s most popular landmark, the Angkor Wat temples in Siem Reap, grew only slightly to 2.1 million last year, bringing in $60 million in ticket sales, according to the Apsara Authority.

Visitor statistics show that while the month of June saw the largest increase in tourists compared to 2014, the peak season months of December, January and February reported decreases in visitor arrivals.

Apsara Authority spokeswoman Chao Sun Kerya attributed this to people not travelling as much during Christmas time, as well as the terror attacks in Paris in November.

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