Phnom Penh (FN), June 23 – Cambodia Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said later on June 22, 2016 that out of a projection by the ministry and with a pledge by the delegation of the European Council for Tourism and Trade to help promoting Cambodia’s tourism potentials, the country is expecting to see around one million more visitors in 2016.

Speaking during the congratulatory ceremony for Cambodia to receive the award for “Cambodia as the Best Tourist Destination for 2016”and to declare “Cambodia as the Most Popular Cultural Tourist Attractions,” Minister Thong Khon said the EU delegation had promised to help promote Cambodia’s tourism potentials with a view to attracting more visitors from Europe and from the world to Cambodia.

The goal of the European Council for Tourism and Trade is to see more visitors from Europe coming to visit Asia and especially South East Asia. As of the present, number of visitors from Europe coming to Cambodia is already on the increase especially from UK and France, added Thong Khon.

“With the European delegation visiting Cambodia to present an award of Cambodia as the Best Tourist Destination for 2016 and the announcement to the world that Cambodia is the most popular cultural tourist attraction in 2016 as well as the awarding of the Academician Member of Honor of the European Tourism Council to Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen together with a promise by the delegation of the European Council for Tourism and Trade to promote Cambodia’s tourism potentials, we expect that Cambodia will receive close to one more million visitors for the remaining period of this year, since for the last four month of 2016 Cambodia has already welcome over 320,000 visitors from Europe and the number continues to be on the increase,” said Thong Khon in his speech.
=FRESH NEWS