Reported in English by Khmerization
Figures released by the Cambodian government on Tuesday have shown a 40% increase in the arrivals of tourists from Vietnam in the first six months of 2009.
This increase will see Vietnam overtaking Korea as the first spot in tourist numbers visiting Cambodia. Tourist numbers from Korea dropped by one-third from 160,400 in the first half of 2008 to 106,300 in the same period in 2009.
Officials said the increase in the numbers of Vietnamese tourists was attributed to the recent visa-free agreement between the two countries.
The figures show that in the first half of 2009, there were 147,700 Vietnamese tourists visiting Cambodia as opposed to 105,200 for the same period of last year. Last year, there were a total of 209,500 Vietnamese tourists visited Cambodia.
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