Popular destination: Tourists visiting the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province. — AFP
Angkor Archaeological Park received 169,349 international tourists in the first 10 months of 2022, up 2,224% compared to the same period last year, said an official report.
The park made US$6.76mil (RM32mil) in revenue from ticket sales during the January-October period this year, up 2,155% year-on-year, the state-owned Angkor Enterprise’s report showed.
Holidaymakers from 125 countries and regions visited the site during the period, the report said.
Located in the northwestern Siem Reap province, the Angkor Archaeological Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in 1992, is the most popular tourist destination in the South-East Asian country.
During the pre-Covid-19 pandemic era, the park received up to 2.2 million international visitors in 2019, the Angkor Enterprise said.
According to Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday, high vaccination rates have in part helped revive the kingdom’s tourism industry.
He said Covid-19 vaccines have built herd immunity in Cambodia that has allowed the country to reopen its borders with confidence since late 2021.
“Thanks to the adoption of the vaccination policy as the key, together with the effectiveness of the implementation of the Roadmap for Cambodia Tourism Promotion and Recovery Plan during and post-Covid-19 2020-2025, Cambodia has received an increasing arrival of international tourists,” Hun Sen said. — Xinhua
