‘Tourists will be back if vaccine is found’

Badly hit: Angkor Archaeological Park has seen a huge slump in foreign tourists during the first nine months of 2020 due to the pandemic. — AFP

The country predicts that international visitors to its famed Angkor Archaeological Park will start to rebound gradually from next year if Covid-19 vaccines are available, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Tourism said.

Angkor Archaeological Park, the kingdom’s top tourist destination, has seen a huge slump in foreign tourists during the first nine months of 2020 due to the pandemic that has forced the country to impose entry restrictions for all foreign travellers since March.