Growth in Cambodian tourist arrivals slows

Published: 2009/01/04
PHNOM PENH: Tourist arrivals in Cambodia were up eight per cent in
2008, half the expected growth as Thailand’s airport closures and the
global credit crunch took their toll, the tourism minister said
yesterday.

In the first half of last year arrivals soared 13 per cent, and the
Ministry of Tourism projected that growth over the year would top 15
per cent.

But Cambodia felt the pinch in the last half of 2008 from the world
financial crisis, while protests shuttered Bangkok’s two main airports
in late November, closing a major transit hub to Cambodia for over a
week. - AFP
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