Phnom Penh, January 5, 2023（AseanAll）Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park welcomed 287,454 foreign visitors in 2022, earning over US$11.5 million from ticket sales, the state-owned Angkor Enterprise said in a news release on Wednesday(January 4).
Top Sopheak, secretary of state and spokesman for the ministry of tourism of Cambodia, stated that the number of foreign visitors to Angkor has gradually increased since the Kingdom’s successful management of the Covid-19 outbreak and the full reopening of its borders.
According to the spokesman, currently，the Angkor attracts between 1,800 and 2,000 international tourists every day, significantly more than the 70 who visited each day during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
However, the current number was still low if compared to the pre-pandemic era, which recorded up to 9,000 international visitors to the Angkor a day, Sopheak said.
Located in northwest Siem Reap province, the 401-square-km Angkor Archaeological Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 1992, is the most popular tourist destination in the Southeast Asian nation.
During the pre-pandemic era, in 2019, the Angkor resort received up to 2.2 million international visitors, generating US$99 million in revenue from ticket sales, according to the Angkor Enterprise.
The Royal Government of Cambodia has approved the 2021-2025 roadmap to restore Cambodia’s tourism during and after COVID-19 crisis and Siem Reap tourism development master plan 2021-2035.
