In the second week of March, Cambodia received a total of more than 300,000 tourists. According to the Ministry of Tourism, in the second week from March 13-19, 2023, Cambodia received a total of 366,516 tourists, including 254,618 nationals and 51,000 domestic foreigners. 898 people. Major tourist destinations include:
68,067 people in Preah Sihanouk Province
– Siem Reap Province 42,863 people
– Phnom Penh 40,473 people
25,233 people in Kampot province
25,199 people in Battambang province
– Kampong Cham Province 14,180 people
– Banteay Meanchey Province: 12,295 people
Pursat Province: 10,630 people.
Notably, the current influx of domestic tourists continues to be around 300,000 per week, while last week, Cambodia received about 1.5 million local visitors, including the river festival in Kampong Thom from March 8-10, 2023 attracted more than 1 million visitors. The Ministry of Tourism has announced the Sunrise event at the top of Angkor Wat, which occurs every March 20 and 21.
Meanwhile, on Monday, March 21, 2023, the Ministry of Tourism issued a circular on the management of tourist flows and improving the quality of tourism products and services on the occasion of the traditional New Year.
Currently, the working group of the Federation of Youth Unions of Cambodia is trying to promote the organization of Angkor Sankranti, while other capitals and provinces are also trying to promote the organization of Sankranti programs at their local level.
Cambodia To achieve the growth of 4 million tourists this year, the Ministry of Tourism has urged tour operators to increase the sale of packages to visit the ASEAN ecotourism community and communities in Cambodia to national and international tourists. More.
It should be noted that the growth of domestic tourists in Cambodia began to increase in the middle of 2022 to about 2 million people, and Cambodia is expected to receive at least 4 million international tourists in 2023. Of that, about 800,000 to 1 million Chinese tourists.
