Tuesday, 29 May 2012
By Rann Reuy
Phnom Penh Post
Tourists visit Angkor Wat in Siem Reap province last month. Photograph: Meng Kimlong/Phnom Penh Post
Tourism officials in the Kingdom have suggested that the Kuwaiti
ambassador should push for direct flights between Cambodia and Kuwait,
and invited Kuwaitis to invest in Cambodia’s soaring tourism sector.
Thong
Khon, Minister of Tourism, said he had told the Kuwait ambassador
during their first meeting in Phnom Penh that Cambodia’s tourism sector
has experienced significant growth over the last few years, but this
sector still lacked infrastructure such as accommodation.
He
said: “We need more and more investment in the tourism sector,” adding
that the Cambodian coast became a considerably more attractive site for
tourism after the coast became a full member of the World’s Most
Beautiful Bays club.
He said that despite that, provinces along the coastal still lack accommodation.
“More opportunity will come, so we need more investment for this sector,” he added.
Kuwait
ambassador Dheara Naser Al-Tuwaijri said he visited the minister to
seek the opportunity to implement a Memorandum of Understanding signed
in 2009.
To contact the reporter on this story: Rann Reuy at ruey.rann@phnompenhpost.com
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