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ខ្មែរ Tourism and Travelling
Gov’t Accelerates Construction of Sports Village for SEA Games
- 2 February 2023
The government is now speeding up construction on the sports village, which will be used as the residence for all athletes during the upcoming 32nd Southeast Asian Games 2023, said HE Vath Chamroeun, Secretary General of the National Organising Committee of the Southeast Asian Games, on 31 January. The sports village will host between 6,000 to 7,000 athletes. According to the plan, by the end ...
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Tax Exemption for Tourism & Hotel Business in Siem Reap Continues for Three More Months
- 31 January 2023
The government has decided to extend the tax exemption for tourism and hotel businesses in Siem Reap for another three months from January to March 2023, according to an official press release on 30 January. The exemption includes all types of monthly taxes, except value-added tax, for hotels, guesthouses and travel agencies registered with the General Department of Taxation and doing business...
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Gov’t sets marine waste management plan in four coastal provinces
- 30 January 2023
The Ministries of Tourism and Provincial Administration of the four coastal provinces, including Sihanoukville, Kep, Kampot and Koh Kong, are drafting plans to strengthen marine waste management, according to the meeting with stakeholders on 28 January. The purpose of this meeting is to gather input to prepare a plan to strengthen the management of marine debris, mainly plastic waste. The proje...
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Siem Reap Among World’s Top 10 Trending Destinations in 2023
- 30 January 2023
Siem Reap ranks 4th among the 10 most popular tourist destinations in the world, according to Trip Advisor, a world-renowned online travel agency. While Cuba heads the list of top trending destinations, Hoi An in Vietnam is second, Mauritius third, Siem Reap (Cambodia) fourth, Chiang Mai in Thailand fifth, Grand Cayman in the Caribbean sixth, Fes in Morocco seventh, Baku in Azerbaijan eighth, ...
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Ministry of Culture Preserves 137 Ancient Buildings in 2022
- 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...
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Gov’t to Build Historic Park Along Tonle Sap River
- 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....
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Impact Study Begins on Koh Thmey Development Project
- 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....
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Siem Reap Authority to Strengthen Waste Management
- 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...
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Monument Aux Morts Rebuilt in Phnom Penh
- 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...
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China & Cambodia aviation remains uncertain despite China’s opening
- 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 ...
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