Cambodia's Angkor Wat sees 80 per cent drop in foreign visitors in 11 months

Buddhist monks walk in the compound of the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on Nov 29, 2020. - AFP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park received 399,720 international visitors during the first 11 months of 2020, a decrease of nearly 80 per cent over the same period last year, the state-owned Angkor Enterprise said on Tuesday (Dec 1).

The ancient park made US$18.6 million in revenue from ticket sales during the January-November period this year, a drop of 79 per cent year-on-year, it said in a statement.