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Some Provinces See Tourism Up 50% for New Year

by sidet on April 24, 2012

in Tourism

Bokor mountain - Cambodia

Tourists are looking down from the top of Bokor mountain (Kapot, Cambodia)

About 1.8 million Cambodian traveled to the coastal and northeastern provinces to celebrate Khmer New Year, a 50 percent increase compared with last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said.

Mr. Khon said Cambodians are starting to seek out other vacation spots besides the coastal provinces of Kho Kong, Kampot, Kep and Preah Sihanouk. Sites in the northeastern provinces of Kratie, Stung Treng, Ratanakkira and Mondolkiri appear to be a big draw for Cambodians, he said. [Read full article…]

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