Tourism and Travelling
Government issues tax exemption for tourism-related businesses for two more months
The Royal Government has announced a further tax exemption for two more months for tourism-related businesses including hotels, guesthouses, restaurants and travel agencies in Phnom Penh and six other provinces, in order to help the tourism sector amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Businesses in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Kampot, Bavet and Poipetare exempted from all […]
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Two mountain resorts in Battambang granted natural heritage status
The Royal Government of Cambodia has designated two mountain resorts in Battambang as natural heritage sites with a total area of more than 400 hectares. Both have been declared as natural heritage sites by two separate sub-decrees. Sub-Decree No. 64 RNKR.BK dated 25 May 2020 declared Phnom Prampi as the Phnom Prampi Natural Heritage Site […]
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US wants airports for Boeing aircraft to land in Cambodia
The United States, through its ambassador to Cambodia, has expressed its intention to invest in and promote Cambodia’s aviation sector by proposing a number of major proposals, including the proposal for the use of Boeing airports in Cambodia, the ratification for Cambodian membership in the Cape Town Convention, and the strengthening of the US-Cambodia air […]
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Kep Tourism Master Plan includes construction of new tourist port and expansion of two beaches
The Kep Provincial Governor is building a Kaoh Tonsay tourist port and planning to expand two beaches – a public beach and Angkoal natural beach – to advance major infrastructure development and to welcome increasing numbers of tourists. The beach expansion project sites include A 3km public beach (running from the water treatment station to […]
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Chinese researchers: Service industry hugely affected, after nine infected with COVID-19 via air-conditioning
Chinese researchers have announced that nine people from three healthy families have been found to be infected with the COVID-19 virus after sitting at tables next to an infected person while dining in a windowless restaurant in Guangzhou, China. They have theorized that the air-conditioning in the restaurant could have blown the viral droplets from […]
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More than 50,000 hectares in two sanctuaries registered as state land
The Royal Government has announced its intention to register 50,000 hectares of state land in two wildlife sanctuaries – Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary in Koh Kong and Phnum Prech Wildlife Sanctuary in Mundolkirri. According to a press release from the Ministry of Environment on 11 April 2020, the main purpose of this State Land Registration […]
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Expert: medical tourism industry still has untapped potential for for investors
Experts view major medical center development project in Cambodia as a high potential sector for economic growth, a good opportunity for investors to invest as there are only few major projects in this sector in Cambodia. “Related to the medical-industrial sectors, we still lack hospitals and clinics in our country. That’s why most of the […]
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COVID-19 considerably affects Cambodia’s aviation sector
Statistics from the Secretariat of Civil Aviation indicate that Cambodia’s aviation sector has experienced considerable impacts as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic including some obstacles in the construction process of the new airport, coagulating airfreight, and the drastic decline in air travellers. The details were given in a statement made by […]
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Gov. reveals US$3.5 bn investment to upgrade Cambodia’s airports
The government has announced that US$3.5 billion is to be invested will building, expanding and renovating all Cambodian airports in the aviation development program from 2015 to 2023, as part of the Open Sky policy and the government’s vision to accelerate domestic transportation and link Cambodia to international trade hubs. This aviation development plan was […]
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Government approves Great Duke Hotel as COVID-19 inpatient hospital
According to an announcement by the Cambodian Ministry of Health, the Great Duke Hotel, formally known as the Intercontinental Hotel, will be used as an emergency hospital for treating Covid-19 patients. The transformation of this central Phnom Penh hotel into a hospital was agreed by government ministries and the governor of Phnom Penh. The purpose […]
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