DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Cambodia greets 2.86 mln foreign visitors in 10 months” plus 1 more |
| Cambodia greets 2.86 mln foreign visitors in 10 months Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:48 PM PST PHNOM PENH, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia attracted approximately 2.86 million international tourists in the first ten months of this year, up 24 percent over the same period last year, a report of the tourism ministry showed Wednesday. The report said Vietnam remains the largest source of foreign visitors to Cambodia with 638,560 tourists, up 24 percent, followed by South Korea with 337,700 visitors, up 23 percent, and China with 265,330, up 34 percent. Its neighboring countries, Laos and Thailand were ranked at No. 4 and 5 respectively with 201,250 Laotians and 160,030 Thais visiting Cambodia, up 90 percent and 75 percent respectively. The country has two world heritage sites, one is Angkor Wat Temple in Siem Reap province and the other is Preah Vihear Temple in Preah Vihear province. The report showed that during the January-October period this year, about 1.64 million foreign visitors had visited Angkor Wat Temple, up 28 percent over the same period last year, whilst Preah Vihear Temple attracted 14,360 foreigners, up 84 percent. The ministry predicted that the country could attract about 3.3 million foreign tourists in the whole year of 2012. Tourism is one of the major four pillars supporting the economy. Last year, the sector received 2.88 million foreign tourists, earning revenues of 1.91 billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, the report also recorded that during the first ten months of this year, about 656,240 Cambodians had travelled abroad, up 14 percent compared with the same period last year. | ||
| Cambodia, China Red Cross vow to advance ties Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:47 PM PST
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) and the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) on Tuesday pledged to further enhance bilateral relations and cooperation in humanitarian activities. The pledge was made during a meeting between Annie Sok An, CRC' s first Vice President, and Hua Jianmin, RCSC's president and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Hua said his first visit to Cambodia was to strengthen and expand cooperation between the two humanitarian agencies. He said the RCSC decided to donate humanitarian aid worth 200, 000 U.S. dollars to the CRC for humanitarian activities and the aid will be delivered later. Hua also highly spoke of long-standing relations between China and Cambodia, and thanked Cambodia for its staunch support for China on issues related to China's core interests. Annie Sok An said Hua's visit would further promote bilateral ties between the two humanitarian bodies. She said the CRC and the RCSC have offered mutual assistance in natural disasters. "On behalf of the Cambodian Red Cross and Cambodian people, I' d like to express my gratitude to the RCSC for its humanitarian assistance to Cambodia during difficult times such as storm or flood disasters," said Annie, who is wife of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An. She also reiterated that Cambodia fully supports one-China policy and the stance would never change. Hua arrived here on Monday for a four-day visit during which he will also pay tribute to late King Father Norodom Sihanouk at the Royal Palace. |
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