Chinese was the Top Tourist Arrivals in 2019

Chinese was the Top Tourist Arrivals in 2019

Tourists from China continued to be the main source of tourist arrivals in Cambodia with 2,361,849 arrivals, a 16 percent increase.

The total number of international tourist arrivals in Cambodia totaled 6,610,592 in 2019, up 6.6% on 2018. according to Tourism Minister Thong Khon.

He added that despite the challenges of the global economy, Cambodia has maintained a healthy growth of tourists.

Minister Thong Khon said: “In 2019 Cambodia received 6.61 million international tourists, an increase of 6.6% compared to 2018.

Number of international tourists visiting priority areas (2019 versus 2018) Phnom Penh received 4,404,895 international tourists About 55.8% of the total, up 22% compared to 2018,

Siem Reap/Angkor received 2.205m international tourists, or 27.9% of the total, down 14.9%
Coastal areas received 1,204,374 international tourists, accounting for 15.3 percent of the total, up 37.3%
Northeast Ecotourism receives 81,588 international tourists, equal to 1% of the total tourist arrivals increasing by 8.6% from 2018

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Cambodia is as follows: China with 2,361,849 up 16%, Vietnam with 908,803, up 13.6%, Thailand with an increase of 22%, Lao PDR, 363,951 arrivals, recording a decline of 14.6%, South Korea down by 15.5. % to 254,874, America with 248,863 and a decrease of 0.8%, Japan with 207,636, down by 1.3%, Malaysia which increased to 203,008 or a 0.9% increase, France with 164,117, down by 3.9% and Great Britain with 163,177, an increase of 0.5%.

According to Thong Khon, the number of domestic tourists in 2019 was approximately 11.5 million, an increase of 2.1% compared to 2018.

Khmer Times