Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Visitors to Cambodia reach 2 millions

Kyodo
February 12, 2008

PHNOM PENH - About 2 million overseas tourists visited Cambodia in 2007, an increase of 18.53 percent from the previous year, the government said Tuesday.

South Koreans topped the list at 329,909, followed by Japanese at 161,973, Americans at 137,539 and Vietnamese at 125,442, according to government statistics.

Siem Reap, home of the Angkor Wat temple complex, attracted 1,120,586 foreign tourists in the year, an amazing growth of 30.83 percent from the previous year's 856,510. Tourism Minister Thong Khon told Kyodo News on Tuesday he hopes Cambodia will receive about 2.4 million tourists this year.

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