FILE - In this file May 11, 2011, tourists gather on the top of the 10th century temple Bakheng in the Angkor Wat complex near Siem Reap, Cambodia, to view the setting sun. Prime Minister Hun Sen says Cambodia can earn $5 billion a year from tourists by more than doubling foreign visitors to 7 million by 2020. Hun Sen told a tourism seminar Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, that Cambodia would need to improve the quality of services and infrastructure for tourists and strengthen laws safeguarding them to achieve the goal. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (CBSNews) — Prime Minister Hun Sen says Cambodia can earn $5
billion a year from tourists by more than doubling foreign visitors to 7
million by 2020.
Hun Sen told a tourism seminar Thursday that Cambodia would need to improve the quality of services and infrastructure for tourists and strengthen laws safeguarding them to achieve the goal.
He also said police must crack down on the use of guns in public places, especially those frequented by foreigners.
Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Cambodia earned nearly $2 billion from 2.88 million foreign tourists last year, and expects 3.2 million foreign visitors this year.
Hun Sen told a tourism seminar Thursday that Cambodia would need to improve the quality of services and infrastructure for tourists and strengthen laws safeguarding them to achieve the goal.
He also said police must crack down on the use of guns in public places, especially those frequented by foreigners.
Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Cambodia earned nearly $2 billion from 2.88 million foreign tourists last year, and expects 3.2 million foreign visitors this year.
7 comments:
1.Safety and security, 2.cleans enviromental, cambodia has to beat Thailand or singapore...
Cambodia has lot of work to do inorder to bring multi tourists around the world like Thailand bro..I agree, cleans enviroments!!
And we can learn from tourists to
just the number even 20 million tourist khmer still poor. in a corrupted robbery country like camodia.
The revenue earned from Tourism goes to Yuon Yiek cong Sok Anh/Sok Kong and lum sum goes Hun Nal and his families.Thatwise,khmers still poor,2billions a years? My brother in front line(soldier) got paid $50 per month with life life on the line station at Preah Vihea now as we speak.Most of teacher don't get pay well and takes money from students to do exam,one exam cost 1000 riel.
My cousin who is a Khmer teacher in the province gets $70 a month, sometime hardly $50. At time, the headmaster and the government even take money from her so she keeps the job.
Corruptions still exist yep! Cambodia was destroyed because of too man corrupted officials.....My god!
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