Cambodia: Ministry mulls Asean+3 travel bubble; 1 more worker Thailand positive for Covid-19


Cambodia welcomed 1.26 million international tourists in January-October last year, down 76.1 per cent from 5.29 million in the first 10 months of 2019. - The Phnom Penh Post/Asian News Network

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 11 (The Phnom Penh Post): The Ministry of Tourism plans to launch a travel bubble allowing transit between Cambodia and 12 other regional countries in a bid to resuscitate the tourism sector amid crushing impact of the ongoing spread of Covid-19, Ministry of Tourism spokesman Top Sopheak said.

He defined a “travel bubble” as a special travel package that aims to bridge movement between those countries that have “clear control of the coronavirus” and have had “no major outbreaks”.

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