Cambodia welcomed 2.2 million foreign visitors in the first six
months of 2014, up 5.2 percent over the same period last year, according
to statistics from the Cambodian Tourism Ministry.
The Southeast
Asian country is expect to receive 4.6 million foreign arrivals this
year to enjoy a rise of 10 percent over 2013, Cambodian Minister of
Tourism Thong Khon was quoted as saying.
By 2020, the figure is
hoped to reach 8 million, helping Cambodia earn a revenue of about 5
billion USD from tourism, he added.
The statistics
also showed that Vietnam, China and the Republic of Korea
were the largest markets of Cambodian tourism sector.
In recent
years, tourism has been one of the four major pillars of the Cambodian
economy, contributing about 16 percent to the country’s GDP.
Last year, Cambodian tourism sector earned 2.5 billion USD from serving 4.2 foreign arrivals.-VNA