Focus on China, new safety measures to aid tourism

The Ministry of Tourism has announced new measures to insure the safety of foreign visitors in the Kingdom, particularly the increasing number of Chinese tourists.

The ministry’s directive comes as tourist numbers are booming. Government data showed that international tourist arrivals to Cambodia reached 3.45 million in the first seven months of 2018, up 11.1 per cent over the same period last year.

Chinese visitors accounted for more than one million of those arrivals, according to the ministry.

The new safety measures require concerned parties to monitor a range of factors, including weather conditions and tourists’ modes of transport.

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