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Cambodia: Tourism industry gloom continues as overseas arrivals drop 92.2 percent
The number of foreigners who arrived in Cambodia January-May has been reported by the Ministry of Tourism as 91,596, a plunge of more than 92 percent from the same period in 2020. Thai visitors topped the list at 46,395 arrivals, followed by 27,693 Chinese.
Most of the visitors were tourists, businesspersons or investors. Everyone flying into Cambodia currently has to quarantine for two weeks and produce a negative PCR Coronavirus test at the start and the end of the 14-day period.
In hopes of reviving the ailing tourism industry, the ministries of health and tourism are working on a plan to allow fully vaccinated tourists to visit the Kingdom, possibly as early as October.
The industry itself is pushing the government to allow trials similar to the Phuket Sandpit experiment in Thailand, where tourists are allowed to visit the island without having to go into quarantine. Suggested locations include Siem Reap, for visitors to Angkor Wat, or Phnom Penh, which is now fully vaccinated.
Foreign visits to the Kingdom reached 1.3 million foreigners in 2020, 80 percent lower than 2019.
Source: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50890843/tourism-industry-gloom-continues-as-overseas-arrivals-drop-92-2-percent/