rogerrabbit wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:14 pm

Sir Stephen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:07 pm

AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:33 pm One question, are the beaches clean now?

Another question, are there any tourists now?

More and more every week. Morning flights to Sihanoukville were ~70% full.




And local tourists have returned to Sihanoukville as well (compared to 2019 when the local tourist numbers plummeted).

Well, I'd be curious to know what status these people coming in on flights to Snook are on. After all, there are supposedly no tourist visas being issued from overseas or on arrival. And any incoming must now put up $3 k deposit plus meet other covid requirements.

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 11:01 pm

rogerrabbit wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:14 pm

Sir Stephen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:07 pm

AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:33 pm One question, are the beaches clean now?

Another question, are there any tourists now?

More and more every week. Morning flights to Sihanoukville were ~70% full.




And local tourists have returned to Sihanoukville as well (compared to 2019 when the local tourist numbers plummeted).

Well, I'd be curious to know what status these people coming in on flights to Snook are on. After all, there are supposedly no tourist visas being issued from overseas or on arrival. And any incoming must now put up $3 k deposit plus meet other covid requirements.

I don't know the details either but it's good to remember that Chinese (as well as Koreans, and Japanese now days?) can get 3 year multi-entry visas.

Young cute Chinese girl with mask doesn’t have the look of someone being hustled off to quarantine for 24-48 hrs for testing, after a long flight then having been forced to hand over 3000 dollars to the Cambodian government.

No pissed, tired, suddenly much poorer look on any of the faces of these T-shirt wearing arrivals.

What’s their secret? I wouldn’t be surprised if there is one set of rules in English, and a different set of rules in Chinese, and a third set of rules in Khmer.

Just my opinion, of course.

In previous posts I asked if they were on the same rules, but it is the case of only words that are keyed into pages of forums. The arrivals more than likely hold there visas from previous visits, by bilateral relations between countries, holding three yearly terms. while there possible extended past departure may have been an accumulation of accounts, such as returning home for new year, business disrupted due to the pandemic or lack of infrastructure, or working the now banned online gambling, but found other employment offers.
Now in the short time scale the ground works have seemed to have been put into place has expected, and beaches too opening. Only thing missing are the turn of the roulette wheels the shuffle of cards, grand tours to the temples, oh, yes and the mass of tourists with money to burn.
I think what we are seeing here with arrivals here and the capital, is that of the base infrastructure of all manner of staff, business owners, independent's, workers, hoteliers, eateries, casino staff, tour operators.
If this goes smooth and no glitches, then watch this space for the tourists too arrive, I imagine too on a scale larger then before.
Yes, I think the government have got it right if there are no problems, the economy will then build.

June 22, 2020
Stalls on Sihanoukville beach dismantled

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall removed 12 illegal stalls lining up the coast of Lomhe Kay beach in Sihanoukville’s Bei commune over the weekend in an effort to maintain the area’s beauty and tourism potential.

The operation came a month after the provincial administration ordered vendors to dismantle the stalls which encroach on the beach. Sihanoukville governor Y Sok Leang said that over the weekend, 116 officials went down to the beach to facilitate the dismantling of the stalls.

Eleven of the stall owners agreed to move themselves to avoid unnecessary damage to their properties, said Mr Sok Leang.

“Though the owners agreed to move voluntarily, they still left waste and structures that encroach on the public beach,” he said, adding authorities have cleaned nearly 80 percent of the beach.

Provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun said in a statement last month some vendors illegally erected stalls to run food businesses along the Lomhe Kay beach – a move which he said has polluted the area and marred its beauty.

Sihanoukville officials in January dismantled 62 stalls along O’tres beach after an eviction notice was issued a month before to the stall owners.

During a press conference at the Office of the Council of Ministers on June 9, Mr Chamroeun said his authorities have marked more than nine kilometres of public beaches designated for local and international tourists.

Mr Chamroeun said: “Now, tourists can visit public beaches freely. There are no longer fences surrounding them nor are any areas occupied by someone else.”
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736458/s ... ismantled/

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:40 am June 22, 2020
Stalls on Sihanoukville beach dismantled

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall removed 12 illegal stalls lining up the coast of Lomhe Kay beach in Sihanoukville’s Bei commune over the weekend in an effort to maintain the area’s beauty and tourism potential.

The operation came a month after the provincial administration ordered vendors to dismantle the stalls which encroach on the beach. Sihanoukville governor Y Sok Leang said that over the weekend, 116 officials went down to the beach to facilitate the dismantling of the stalls.

Eleven of the stall owners agreed to move themselves to avoid unnecessary damage to their properties, said Mr Sok Leang.

“Though the owners agreed to move voluntarily, they still left waste and structures that encroach on the public beach,” he said, adding authorities have cleaned nearly 80 percent of the beach.

Provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun said in a statement last month some vendors illegally erected stalls to run food businesses along the Lomhe Kay beach – a move which he said has polluted the area and marred its beauty.

Sihanoukville officials in January dismantled 62 stalls along O’tres beach after an eviction notice was issued a month before to the stall owners.

During a press conference at the Office of the Council of Ministers on June 9, Mr Chamroeun said his authorities have marked more than nine kilometres of public beaches designated for local and international tourists.

Mr Chamroeun said: “Now, tourists can visit public beaches freely. There are no longer fences surrounding them nor are any areas occupied by someone else.”
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736458/s ... ismantled/