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The number of visitors to Cambodia in 2008 surpassed 2007, but officials said Monday less people than hoped had found their way to the kingdom.
The global financial crisis and political unrest in Thailand had both contributed to the lower-than-expected figures, officials said.
In 2008, more than 2.1 million foreign visitors came to Cambodia, a 6 percent [...]

A return to Thai ownership of the Preah Vihear Temple is not an option, new Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said yesterday. But Thailand would maintain cooperation with Cambodia over the historic and controversial Hindu temple, he said.
The Preah Vihear case would be handled in line with the 1904 and 1907 Siam-Franco treaties, the 1962 International [...]

The number of Vietnamese tourists visiting Cambodia jumped nearly 75 percent in the first ten months of 2008, coming in at No. 2 for the first time in 15 years, officials said Tuesday.
The 176,600 Vietnamese visitors, up from 102,577 in the same period last year, was second only to the number of Korean visitors, 234,880, [...]

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has sought approval to open some overseas and domestic air routes, which are expected to boost local tourism and fruit and flower exports.

The provincial People’s Committee has asked that flight routes are permitted between Da Lat Town and nearby countries, including Cambodia, Laos, Singapore and South Korea.
It also [...]

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s economic growthv will slow to 4.9 percent next year amid the global financial crisis, less than half the country’s expansion pace of previous years, the World Bank said Wednesday.
“Cambodia, compared to many other countries in the region, is even more open to the external environment,” Stephane Guimbert, the World Bank’s senior economist [...]

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — Cambodia’s tourism sector is set to form a task force next week to address the Thai political crisis that has caused foreign arrivals in the Kingdom to plummet, national media reported Wednesday.
The task force will consist of 10 institutions, including airlines, travel agencies, hotels, restaurants and government departments, and [...]

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) – The tourism industry of Cambodia will see a loss of 100 million U.S. dollars this year, if the current chaos in Thailand can’t be reversed in three months, Cambodian media on Tuesday quoted minister as saying.
The Thai capital is a regional hub, from where tourists [...]

Thailand’s political crisis is costing Cambodia’s tourism sector $1 million a day in lost revenue, tourism officials say, while worries are growing about security for an upcoming Asean conference and the resolution of a monthslong border standoff.
Anti-government demonstrators have closed Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in their efforts to oust the prime minister. In Cambodia, 10 flights [...]

BANGKOK (AFP) — Thai anti-government protesters shut down Bangkok’s second airport on Thursday, further crippling the kingdom as tourists scrambled to leave and fears grew the crisis was deepening.
Supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have blockaded the old Don Mueang airport in an attempt to prevent ministers from flying to Chiang Mai in [...]

Hundreds of passengers were left looking for alternate travel plans in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap Wednesday, after protests in Bangkok closed an international airport.
Flights for Bangkok Airways, Thai Airways and Asia Air were canceled Wednesday morning, and passengers were given the chance for refunds to purchase other tickets out or were allowed to change [...]