Cambodia's famed Angkor park reports 98.4% drop in foreign tourists in nine months as Covid-19 cases keep on rising

The Ta Prohm temple in the Angkor Archeological Park was used for educational purposes during the Angkor era. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, Oct 1 (Xinhua): Cambodia's famed Angkor Archeological Park received 6,167 foreign visitors during the first nine months of 2021, down 98.4 per cent from 396,241 over the same period last year, the state's Angkor Enterprise has announced in a press statement.

The ancient site made gross revenue of US$253,809 from ticket sales during the Jan.-Sept. period this year, also down 98.6 per cent from US$18.45 million year-on-year, the release said.