Tourism
Embedded Travel Guide Cambodia: Angkor What?
This week, our Cambodia embed, Tim Patterson, is giving us the inside scoop on the country.
Angkor Wat is spectacular, don’t get me wrong, but there’s so much more to Cambodia.
My goal in these guides is to give you the inspiration and know-how to experience the real Cambodia, outside the tourist bubble that surrounds the famous [...]
Chambok: Community Based Ecotourism Site in Cambodia
Located at the border of Kirirom National Park in Kampong Speu Province, Chambok is commonly known as Community Based Ecotourism Site in Cambodia. Chambok provides a 40-meter high waterfall, which can be reached via 3 Km trail. Chambok serves the model of best practice in Community Based Ecotourism in Cambodia. The site was an initiative [...]
Traveling from HCMC to Cambodia and Thailand by bus
VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC-based Ben Thanh Tourist has collaborated with Saigon Passenger Transportation Company (Sapaco Tourist) to launch a road travel tour from HCMC to Cambodia and Thailand.
Cao Ngoc Minh, public relations executive, said that the first trip of the new tour would be on Saturday next week. From then, the tour will run every [...]
Tourism Development Projects Throughout Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to be boosted
Tourism development projects in 10 provinces throughout the economic development triangle of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia will be boosted.
At a recent meeting in Phnom Penh, the respective tourism ministries of the three countries have agreed to conduct joint surveys on tourism development potential and foreign direct investment attraction capacities in the provinces of Ratanakiri, Mondolkiri [...]
Cambodian beaches to target ‘upmarket’ tourism
Koh Rong, an island off Sihanoukville, Cambodia, will be developed into a multi-billion pound tourist hotspot, by the Royal Group.
The move comes as property developers plan to invest billions of pounds to transform Cambodia’s coastline into one of Asia’s leading holiday destinations.
“We are talking about an island that is the same size as Hong Kong [...]
Castaway Cambodian Islands - the Next Asian hotspot
Brocon Group are to build a massive luxury resort on previously unheard of Cambodian islands. Will they be as successful as Thailand’s islands, a new Asian hotspot perhaps? Property Wire’s global markets expert Liam Bailey gives us his opinion.
Successful Australian property developer Brocon Group; the company behind the hugely popular French Colonial apartments in Phnom [...]
No agreement yet for Thai-Cambodian foreign ministers’ border dispute meeting
CHA-AM, Thailand, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) – No new agreement has been reached yet after hours of negotiations between Thai and Cambodian delegations led by respective foreign ministers over the disputed border around the Preah Vihear temple on Tuesday at Thailand’s central resort town Cha-am, Phetchburi province.
The meeting between Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag and his [...]
Thailand, Cambodia Open Talks on Border Dispute
The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia are meeting this week to end a border dispute over an ancient temple. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, the talks follow an agreement reached last week to pull back troops on both sides of the border.
The talks this week are the next step in reducing cross-border tensions [...]
Royal to raise $2bn to develop island
Royal Group, a Cambodian conglomerate whose interests range from banking to mobile telephony, is raising $2bn from private investors, together with Hong Kong-based Millennium Group, to develop Koh Rong, an island off Sihanoukville, Cambodia’s only deep-water port.
The move comes as property developers are planning billion-dollar investments to transform Cambodia’s coastline into one of Asia’s leading [...]
South-east Asia: the gapper’s paradise
Cheap, safe and vibrant, South-east Asia is the premier choice for the budget traveller, says Kate Thomas
Who goes there?
Whether you’re an eco-adventurer looking for a low impact challenge, a water baby in search of an island paradise or a city dweller looking for a bit of excitement, South-east [...]
