PHNOM PENH, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — Cambodia’s prominent Angkor Archaeological Park welcomed 169,349 foreign tourists in the first 10 months of 2022, 2,224 more than at the same time last year, according to an official report released Friday.
The park made $6. 76 million in revenue from ticket sales in the January-October period this year, up 2155 percent from a year earlier, according to the statewide report from Angkor Enterprise.
Tourists from 125 countries and regions visited the site during the period, according to the report.
Located in the northwestern province of Siem Reap, the 401 km2 Angkor Archaeological Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1992, is the top tourist destination in the Southeast Asian country.
During the pre-COVID-19 pandemic era, Angkor Park welcomed up to 2. 2 million foreign visitors in 2019, generating $99 million in revenue from ticket sales, Angkor said. Company.
Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said Thursday that high vaccination rates helped in part to revive the kingdom’s tourism industry.
He said COVID-19 vaccines have boosted herd immunity in Cambodia, allowing the country to reopen its borders with a bit of luck since late 2021.
“Thanks to the adoption of the vaccination policy as key, as well as the effective implementation of the roadmap for the tourism promotion and recovery plan in Cambodia and after COVID-19 2020-2025, Cambodia has gained a growing influx of foreign tourists. Hun Sen said.