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Ministry of Culture Preserves 137 Ancient Buildings in 2022

Sommana Yan
29 January 2023

In 2022, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts preserved 137 ancient buildings or equivalent to 216 sites, according to the official conference on 27 January 2023. Of these, a total of 48 buildings were repaired and 89 buildings were renovated. In 2022, the ministry also received requests to repair requests in a total of 3,228 cases and 867 cases were approved. In 2023, the Ministry of...

Gov’t to Build Historic Park Along Tonle Sap River

Sommana Yan
27 January 2023

The Kampong Chhnang provincial administration will build a historic public park along the 16km Tonle Sap riverside according to a press conference on 26 January. Kampong Chhang Governor HE Sun Sovannarith stated the park will be a new tourist attraction site with a beautiful garden and other historical monuments. "We are now waiting for approval for the name from the government," he added....

Impact Study Begins on Koh Thmey Development Project

Sommana Yan
27 January 2023

Sihanoukville provincial authority has begun the impact study on the Koh Thmey development project by HTTH Island Investment Co., Ltd. According to the meeting chaired by Sihanoukville Deputy Governor HE Long Dimanche on 24 January, the company will develop the ecotourism project on the new island in Prey Nob district. This project will cost approximately US$4 million in the first 3 years....

Siem Reap Authority to Strengthen Waste Management

Sommana Yan
26 January 2023

The Siem Reap Provincial Administration is improving solid waste management in the city, aiming to make Siem Reap the most famous tourist city in the world. According to a planning workshop on 19 January, the waste management project is co-sponsored by the German Ministry of Environment and the German Operations Agency (GIZ), which is implemented in four target countries in ASEAN countries: Ca...

Monument Aux Morts Rebuilt in Phnom Penh

Sommana Yan
25 January 2023

The “Roup Pi” statue or Monument aux Morts, a memorial to those who died in World War I, has been rebuilt at the French Embassy in Phnom Penh. The ground-breaking ceremony for this monument was held on 25 January under the auspices of Deputy Prime Minister and Land Minister HE Chea Sophara and French Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Olivier Becht. The monument also strengthens the friendship...

China & Cambodia aviation remains uncertain despite China’s opening

Sommana Yan
20 January 2023

After China announced the reopening, the flights between Cambodia and China as of January 2023, remained uncertain. According to data from the Secretariat of Civil Aviation, in August 2022, Cambodia had 30 flights between China and Cambodia weekly (quota set by the Chinese side), which means that Cambodian airlines fly 15 times weekly to China and vice versa. Six Chinese airlines are flying ...

KOICA Approves US$3m Project to Preserve Tuol Sleng Museum Phase II

Sommana Yan
18 January 2023

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) approved a US$3 million budget for the preservation of Tuol Sleng Museum (Phase II), according to the official meeting on 17 January.  The project will be implemented in five years starting from 2024 under the cooperation between the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, KOICA, and UNESCO. Besides this fund, KOICA already provided US$1 millio...

Battambang selected as the city with best new year celebration events

Sommana Yan
16 January 2023

Battambang province was ranked No. 1 in the "City with the best New Year Celebration" competition, according to the announcement of the National Committee for Clean City Assessment on 10 January. The evaluation is made on the new year events held from 31 December 2022 to 2 January 2023) by allowing the public to vote on the website: http://bestcountdowncity.cambodiacheancity.gov.kh/. With Ba...

Accor to Launch Cambodia’s First Ibis Budget Hotel in Q1 2023

Sommana Yan
14 January 2023

Renowned hotel group Accor will open the first Ibis Budget hotel in Cambodia, Ibis Budget Phnom Penh Riverside, in the first quarter of 2023. According to Travel News Asia last week, the Cambodian Overseas Investment Company (OCIC) of Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se owns the new hotel. "We are happy to be able to propose for business and leisure travellers the opportunity to avail a new affordabl...

SME Bank Provides Over US$41m in Loans to 291 Tourism Businesses

Sommana Yan
6 January 2023

As of December 2022, the Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia (SME Bank) has provided US$41.52 million in loan to 291 tourism businesses, according to the bank's announcement on 3 January 2023. The loan is part of the Tourism Restoration and Growth Sector (TRCS) co-financing project with a total budget of about US$150 million. Of these, 26% were in the hotel business, 28% in the gu...