Picture: Tourists climbing Phnom Bakheng, one of the temples in the Angkor area.
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia's first PGA-standard golf course will bring in much-needed tourist dollars to the impoverished nation, a company official said Wednesday.
Designed by and named after golfing legend Nick Faldo, the "Faldo Course" will be a boost to Cambodia's economy by attracting well-heeled tourists, said Adam Robertson, operations manager at the Angkor Golf Resort.
"By having an internationally acclaimed golf course in Siem Reap, we will now attract golf travellers, who generally have a large disposable income," Robertson told AFP.
The 18-hole, 72-par course is located close to the famed Angkor Wat temple, which sits just outside the northeastern town of Siem Reap, and was officially opened by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday.
Tourism is one of the few sources of foreign exchange for Cambodia and the government is trying to woo tourists into venturing beyond the World Heritage-listed temple.
Cambodia recorded about 1.7 million tourist arrivals in 2006 and the burgeoning sector has injected new life into a country still recovering from decades of conflict.
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