Chinese Tourism Hit in Cambodia

Tourism, Cambodia’s second-largest industry after garment manufacturing, is another growing area where Chinese-language skills may be needed, as the country aims to attract more tourists from China.

Cambodia’s tourism ministry has said it hopes to draw one million Chinese tourists by 2020 and plans to disseminate more information on Chinese-language websites.  

“In the future, there will be more direct flights from China. We have to do everything with Chinese markets in mind, such as publishing books in Chinese and making Chinese-language websites,” Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said.

In 2011, Cambodia saw almost 300,000 tourists from China, which the ministry sees as Cambodia’s biggest market in Asia Pacific after the European Union, Khon said.

Source - rfa.org