900,000 Chinese tourists in 2016

Cambodia last year recorded around 900,000 Chinese tourist arrivals and the kingdom is on track by 2020 to host about seven million foreign tourists, with two million of them coming from mainland China, according to the Tourism Ministry yesterday. “In 2016, 900,000 Chinese tourists visited Cambodia and this was a 20 percent increase compared with 2015. Last year, we recorded five million international tourist arrivals and Chinese nationals were ranked second [after arrivals from Europe and other Western nations],” said Tourism Minister Thong Khon.
 

Mr. Khon predicted a bright outlook for Cambodia’s tourism sector this year. “Tourism is expected to grow and by 2020 we can expect seven million tourists, of which two million will be from China,” said Mr. Khon.
 

Last June, the Tourism Ministry established the China Ready Center (CRC) to cater to roughly two million Chinese tourists expected to visit the country per year by 2020, as well as to improve the skills of local tourist operators working with Chinese clients. “The CRC was set up due to the rapid yearly growth of Chinese tourist arrivals in the country,” Mr. Khon told Khmer Times.

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