Latest gateway: The new airport in Siem Reap. — Reuters
THE country has inaugurated its newest and biggest airport, a Chinese-financed project meant to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap.
The Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport is located on 700ha of land about 40km east of Angkor Wat and boasts a 3,600m-long runway. It can handle seven million passengers a year, with plans to augment it to handle 12 million passengers annually from 2040.
