China, Thailand Tourist Arrivals Start Rising

[geovalin]

The number of tourist arrivals from China and Thailand rose in the first six months of the year while arrivals from Vietnam, South Korea and Laos dropped, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Tourism. Kong Sopheareak, director of statistics and information in the Ministry of Tourism, told Khmer Times that 2.3 million foreign tourists visited Cambodia in the first six months of the year, representing a 2.6 percent rise from the same period last year.
 

Mr. Sopheareak said the top 10 countries sending tourists to Cambodia were China, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Laos, the United States, Japan, France, Britain and Australia. He added that during the first six months of the year, the number of tourist arrivals from Vietnam fell by 3.6 percent and those from South Korea and Laos fell respectively by 17 and 23 percent.
 

However, Mr. Sopheareak said, tourist arrivals from China rose by 18 percent while arrivals from Thailand increased by 23 percent. “The increase in Thai tourists visiting Cambodia is because Thailand shares a common border with our country. There is a lot of Thai investment here and it’s easy for Thais to cross the border,” he said.

 

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[thhMan]

It would be nice to know how many of those tourists actually contributed to the Thai economy...

[DoctorG]

7 minutes ago, thhMan said:

It would be nice to know how many of those tourists actually contributed to the Thai economy...

 

It is tourists into Cambodia.