Ot Mean Loi wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:20 pm It's nothing more than a Low Cost Carrier - LCC - shifting it's responsibility for returning passengers denied entry to Cambodia for any reason from the carrier, at the carrier's expense, to the passenger denied entry to Cambodia by immigration for whatever reason.

The vast majority of travelers on this airline will probably never be asked to show financial self-sufficiency at time of obtaining their boarding pass. Just those of certain nationalities with a high rejection rate by Cambodian immigration, or those that are likely, in the estimation of the airline check in staff, to cause concerns to an immigration police officer on arrival.

OML

HaifongWangchuck wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:35 pm

DiscoverSEA wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:06 pm No one carries cash anymore. I certainly never do and have happily holidayed in several countries without having to handle money.

Can I confidently assume the tuktuk drivers and girls I may meet in Cambodia will have personal card readers?

As for "girls" you may meet, keep in mind that prostitution is illegal in this country, and authorities are beginning to crack down on the sort of tourist who comes here with that in mind (especially since the current government has decided to make raising Cambodia's international profile to be a top priority), so perhaps Thailand may be more to your liking?

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:14 pmThats the biggest crock of shit Ive seen on any message board in 20 years.

HaifongWangchuck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:31 am

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:14 pmThats the biggest crock of shit Ive seen on any message board in 20 years.

How do you figure? Authorities have been cracking down on vice tourism and trying to encourage a higher class element since at least the end of COVID, that is why it is theorised there was originally a 4k deposit in the first place (though they later lowered it to 2k before eliminating it outright to encourage post-COVID growth).

Afterall, Cambodia can't ever compete with Thailand on vice and debauchery tourism in the first place (I think more tourists went to Pattaya alone than the entirety of Cambodia in 2023), so this country tries to find its niche with older, more family-oriented travellers or those who like the relatively unspoiled rainforest environment.

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501294324/ ... formation/

So to reiterate: Yes, such tourists are not only uncatered to, but no longer welcome. The days of Heart of Darkness, KPS beer guzzling by the beach, and Happy Herb Pizzas is long over.

HaifongWangchuck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:31 am

WildAlaskaKen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:14 pmThats the biggest crock of shit Ive seen on any message board in 20 years.

How do you figure? Authorities have been cracking down on vice tourism and trying to encourage a higher class element since at least the end of COVID, that is why it is theorised there was originally a 4k deposit in the first place (though they later lowered it to 2k before eliminating it outright to encourage post-COVID growth).

Afterall, Cambodia can't ever compete with Thailand on vice and debauchery tourism in the first place (I think more tourists went to Pattaya alone than the entirety of Cambodia in 2023), so this country tries to find its niche with older, more family-oriented travellers or those who like the relatively unspoiled rainforest environment.

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501294324/ ... formation/

So to reiterate: Yes, such tourists are not only uncatered to, but no longer welcome. The days of Heart of Darkness, KPS beer guzzling by the beach, and Happy Herb Pizzas is long over.