Pchum Ben holiday ends with 1.78 million tourists travelling across country

Young people gathering for a traditional ceremony to send their ancestors back after the celebration of Pchum Ben, or Ancestors' Day in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on the morning of Oct 3, 2024. - AP

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's three-day Pchum Ben public holiday had come to an end with about 1.78 million people travelling to different tourist destinations across the kingdom, the Ministry of Tourism said in a report on Friday (Oct 4).

Of the number, 37,091 were foreign visitors, the report said.