Foreign tourists to Cambodia's Angkor down 98.8% in July due to pandemic


PHNOM PENH, Aug 3 (Xinhua): Cambodia's famed Angkor Archeological Park received only 1,790 foreign tourists in July 2020, down 98.8 per cent compared to the same month last year, the state-owned Angkor Enterprise said in a statement on Saturday.

The ancient site earned US$78,440 from ticket sales in July this year, also down 98.8 per cent compared to the same month last year, the statement said.

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