Foreign tourists to Cambodia down 74 per cent in nine months

Tourism is one of the four pillars supporting Cambodia's economy, and the country received 6.6 million international visitors in 2019. - AFP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia had received 1.24 million foreign visitors during the first nine months of 2020, down 74 per cent from 4.81 million over the same period of last year, said the latest report released by the Ministry of Tourism on Thursday (Oct 29).

China, Thailand and Vietnam were the biggest sources of foreign travellers to the kingdom during the January-September period this year, the report said.