Fanfare as Thai land border opens

Travel industry players have welcomed the opening of the border with Thailand as a ‘new hope’ for Cambodia’s embattled tourism sector. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network):Flow of trade, investment and tourism between Cambodia and Thailand is expected to gradually recover after Thailand reopened its land border on May 1, according to diplomats and industry experts.

Cambodian ambassador to Thailand Ouk Sorphorn hailed the reopening of the land border and expressed confidence that the move would boost the economies of the neighbouring countries.