Angkor ticket sales jump by 1,000 per cent in first half of 2022

Tourists visiting Angkor Wat temple in January 2022. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Angkor Archaeological Park netted more than US$2.4 million from ticket sales in the first half of 2022, an increase of more than 1,000 per cent year-on-year, Angkor Enterprise reported.

According to a July 1 statement issued by Angkor Enterprise, the state-run institution that manages tickets sales for international visitors to the 400sq km Unesco site, a total of 59,983 tickets – for all areas – were sold for $2,420,081 in January-June, both up more than 1,000 per cent year-on-year.