Is Cambodia Ready for Chinese Tourists ?

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Cambodian Minister of Tourism: Cambodia Welcomes Over 3.5 Million International Tourists Within Seven Months of 2018
15/09/18 20:28

Phnom Penh (FN), Sept. 15 - Cambodian Ministry of Tourism Thong Khon on Saturday said that Cambodia received 3,455,716 international tourists within seven months of 2018, an increase of over 11% compared to the same period in 2017.

Cambodia earned $3.6 billion in revenue from international tourists, an increase of 13.3%. Tourism sector contributed about 12.3% of Cambodia's GDP and represented about 30% of the service sector in Cambodia. In addition, the tourism sector generated more than 600,000 direct jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs.

The Ministry of Tourism planned to receive about 6.2 million international tourists in 2018; 7 million in 2020; 10 million international tourists in 2025; and 14 million international tourists in 2030.
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Cambodia targets 15 mln foreign tourists in 2030: tourism minister
Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-11

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia is expected to attract 10 million international tourists in 2025 and up to 15 million in 2030, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Thursday.

Speaking at a tourism exhibition, the minister said Cambodia received 5.6 million international tourists last year, earning gross revenue of 3.6 billion U.S. dollars, which accounted for 12 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).

For the first eight months of 2018, the kingdom welcomed more than 3.9 million foreign tourists, up 11.7 percent over the same period last year, he added.

China, Vietnam, Laos, South Korea, and Thailand are the largest sources of tourists to the Southeast Asian nation, according to a tourism data.

"Cambodia hopes to receive 6.2 million international tourists in 2018, over 7 million in 2020, 10 million in 2025 and 15 million in 2030," Thong Khon said.
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Reminder of what 15 million tourists represents in terms of the Cambodian population: The current population of Cambodia is 16,310,617 as of Thursday, October 11, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
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In 2030, the Cambodian population is expected to be around 18,797,878. Compare this to the expected arrival of 15M (mostly Chinese) tourists in Cambodia in the same year.
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http://www.worldometers.info/world-popu ... opulation/
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October 15, 2018
2018 Chinese tourist numbers to Cambodia surpass 2017 total.
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — The number of Chinese tourists to Cambodia during the first eight months of 2018 had exceeded the full-year 2017’s record, said a Cambodian Tourism Ministry’s report released on Monday.

More than 1.27 million Chinese tourists had visited Cambodia during the January-August period this year, up 72 percent over the same period last year, the report said, adding that China is the biggest source of foreign tourists to Cambodia, accounting for 32.4 percent of the international arrivals to the kingdom.

In the entirety of 2017, the Southeast Asian nation received 1.21 million Chinese holidaymakers.

Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon has said that the country is expected to attract at least 1.7 million Chinese tourists in 2018 and up to 2.5 million in 2020.
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Chinese tourists lead international visitors
Publication date 15 November 2019
Chinese tourists again topped the list of foreign visitors to Cambodia during the first nine months of this year, with the Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday reporting a 30 per cent increase on the same period last year.

The Kingdom received 4.81 million international tourists in that period, a 10 per cent increase on last year. A total of 1.86 million Chinese accounted for 38.7 per cent of all foreign tourists, according to the ministry’s monthly report.

Vietnamese tourists ranked second, with a total of 63,700 visitors, up 9.1 per cent, while the number of Thai visitors was recorded at 28,100 – an increase of 22.4 per cent.

Ministry of Tourism spokesman Top Sopheak told The Post that the large number of Chinese tourists travelling to Cambodia was a key contributor to the industry’s growth, with tourist-friendly Siem Reap experiencing a slight dip in the number of foreign visitors.

“The growth is consistent with the ministry’s forecast of 6.6 million international tourists this year,” he said, noting that the number of visitors from other Asian countries such as Korea and Laos had fallen in the period.

Around 3.39 million tourists arrived in Cambodia by air, up 14.7 per cent on last year, with two of the Kingdom’s three international airports recording increases in arrivals.

Last year, Cambodia recorded a total of 6.2 million visitors travelling to Cambodia from abroad, up 10.7 per cent from 2017 – with Chinese nationals making up 2.02 million.
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