PHNOM PENH, Dec.5 (Xinhua) -- The number of visitors to Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage Site, had declined 28 percent year- on-year in the first eleven months this year, according to the statistics provided to Xinhua by the Preah Vihear provincial tourism department on Monday.
The department recorded a total of 49,740 tourists to the temple from January to November this year, dropped by 28 percent from 69,230 visitors in the same period last year.
The decline was in the number of domestic visitors only--some 47,160 Cambodians visited the temple during the period, 30 percent decrease from 67,370 in the same period last year, whilst the number of foreign tourists to the site was up 39 percent to 2,580 from 1,860.
"As a whole the number of visitors is declined due to the armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops in February and April at the temple, so the number of tourists went down in the first half of this year," said the department's chief Kong Vibol. "But since July up to now, visitors are on the rise."
He explained that the rise in foreign tourists to the site was that those foreigners were diplomats, observers, journalists, researchers.. who wanted to see the real situation after the clashes.
The department recorded a total of 49,740 tourists to the temple from January to November this year, dropped by 28 percent from 69,230 visitors in the same period last year.
The decline was in the number of domestic visitors only--some 47,160 Cambodians visited the temple during the period, 30 percent decrease from 67,370 in the same period last year, whilst the number of foreign tourists to the site was up 39 percent to 2,580 from 1,860.
"As a whole the number of visitors is declined due to the armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops in February and April at the temple, so the number of tourists went down in the first half of this year," said the department's chief Kong Vibol. "But since July up to now, visitors are on the rise."
He explained that the rise in foreign tourists to the site was that those foreigners were diplomats, observers, journalists, researchers.. who wanted to see the real situation after the clashes.
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