By Mark Elliott,
The Travel Daily Media 27 September 2012, Thursday
Cambodia’s world famous Angkor Wat Temple saw a surge in visitors this year.
Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia
Approximately 1.3 million tourists travelled to the World Heritage
Site through the first eight months of the year, a 31 percent rise
compared with 1.04 million during the same period in 2011.
The majority of visitors are from neighbouring Asian countries, with
South Korea, Vietnam, China, Japan and Thailand constituting the top
five source markets.
According to a report by the Siem Reap provincial tourism department,
Angkor Wat received 238,400 South Koreans, up 41 percent compared with
the same period last year; 163,055 Vietnamese, down 13 percent; 110,500
Chinese, up 47 percent; 86,850 Japanese, up 16 percent; and 79,035
Thais, up 184 percent.
The rise in Korean and Chinese tourists is attributed to improved air
connectivity, while the quelling of last year’s Cambodian-Thai border
dispute has prompted resurgence in travel from Thailand.
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