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| Thai tourist arrivals in Cambodia fell 34% year-on-year in the first quarter, even as foreign visitor numbers overall increased by 14%. |
Industry cooperation between Thailand and Cambodia is down but not out amid political tensions
27/06/2011
Steve Finch
Bangkok Post
PHNOM PENH : Organisers of the Thai Travel Mart Plus 2011 held in Bangkok earlier this month said Cambodian companies did not attend the regional event due to political tensions, a further sign this year’s border clashes between the two countries have had a negative economic impact.
Gun Punthuhong, a spokesman for the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), told the Bangkok Post by telephone from the opening of the three-day event on June 8 that the absence of Cambodian tour operators in Bangkok was due to the “obvious [bilateral] political chaos”.
“There are no companies from Cambodia,” he said. “Last year, they joined.”
Vietnamese companies also did not attend the event, the biggest tourism trade show in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
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