cambodia says ready to welcome chinese tourists and investors
2024-09-22
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qian mingguang, secretary of state of the cambodian ministry of tourism, said on the 19th local time that the development of cambodia's tourism industry is inseparable from chinese tourists and chinese investors, and cambodia is fully prepared to welcome them back to cambodia by improving reception methods. he said that the growth of chinese tourists is not only an opportunity to promote the development of cambodia's tourism industry, but also an opportunity to promote investment development in various fields in the country.
the 2024 china-cambodia tourism forum was held in siem reap on the same day. qian mingguang delivered a speech at the opening ceremony and made the above statement. chen cong, minister counselor of the chinese embassy in cambodia, dilado, deputy governor of siem reap province, cambodia, as well as experts, scholars and industry professionals in the tourism field of china and cambodia attended the forum.
the theme of this forum is "the return of china's tourism market to cambodia: challenges, countermeasures and suggestions", which aims to explore the difficulties and challenges currently facing cambodia's tourism industry, and how all parties can work together to promote cultural exchanges between china and cambodia and promote the prosperity and development of the tourism industry in the two countries.
in his speech, dilado disclosed that on october 27 this year, thai airways will launch siem reap-bangkok-siem reap flights; on october 29, air asia will launch phuket-siem reap-phuket flights. in addition, many airlines from china, south korea and india will also launch direct flights to siem reap from different destinations. he said that this is a sign of positive recovery of siem reap's tourism industry.
dilado said that siem reap provincial government is committed to strengthening cooperation with all parties, continuously improving the quality of tourism services, and developing new tourism products. in the first eight months of this year, the province received 650,000 foreign tourists, a year-on-year increase of 31%. he pointed out that siem reap has established friendly city relations with many places in china. this forum reflects the good will of all parties to jointly revitalize the tourism industry, which will benefit the people of cambodia and china.
chen cong pointed out in his speech that cambodia's tourism industry has shown a clear recovery momentum, and the number of chinese tourists has steadily increased. in the first seven months of this year, the number of tourists from mainland china to cambodia reached 464,000, an increase of 45.7% over the same period last year. although there is still a certain gap compared with the pre-epidemic period, as long as both sides continue to work together, they will surely promote better "two-way travel" of tourists from the two countries and create a broader prospect for tourism cooperation between the two countries.
chen cong said that the chinese embassy in cambodia is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with the cambodian ministry of tourism and other organizations, study a package of working mechanisms to encourage chinese tourists to visit cambodia, strengthen the promotion of china-cambodia tourism resources through multiple channels, continue to promote chinese cities and airlines to increase direct flights between the two countries, and support cambodia to carry out tourism promotion activities in china, so that more chinese people can feel the infinite charm of the "kingdom of miracles". (source: china news service author: yang qiang)
