Cambodia predicts 70 percent drop in global tourist arrivals

• Apr 20, 2021

Cambodia on Monday, forecasted that global tourist arrivals to the Kingdom in 2021 would drop by another 70 percent because of the continuing impact of coronavirus.

The country’s Ministry of Tourism stated in its report “For 2021, due to the prolonged impact of COVID-19, Cambodia’s tourism is projected to continue to drop by another 60 percent to 70 percent”.

The statement added that the Southeast Asian country got 1.31 million global travelers in 2020, dropped 80 percent from 6.61 million in 2019.

Tourism got a gross revenue of only $1.02 billion in 2020, a decline of 79 percent from $4.92 billion in the year before, it added, stating that the sector contributed only 3 percent to the country’s gross domestic product, dropped from 12 percent.

Source: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50841600/cambodia-predicts-70-percent-drop-in-global-tourist-arrivals/