To facilitate international tourists 15 machines were installed in three different locations across Siem Reap city
Foreign visitors visiting Angkor Archeological Park can now avail digital platform at self-service machines deployed in public places across the Siem Reap city.
The Royal Government yesterday launched the Angkor ticketing system and ticket inspection reform system, giving more options to foreign tourists and tour agencies to buy entrance tickets, making it easier for tourists to visit the ancient temples.
The launch ceremony was presided over by Neth Savoeun, Deputy Prime Minister and other high-ranking officials and private sectors in the tourism sector. The new initiative will provide greater convenience and flexibility to foreign tourists when they want to visit ancient temples.
To facilitate international tourists in buying passes to visit the Angkor site, the Angkor Enterprise developed an information technology system for ticket sales using self-service machines. Fifteen machines were installed in three different locations across Siem Reap city.
The new initiative downsizes the complexity of procedures in the old ticket sale system, which required more information from foreign tourists.
It also largely cuts down on procedures of checking tickets by officials stationed at ancient temples and at the main gates to the temples, Chhorn Sopheap, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, said at the launch ceremony.
“This move provides more convenience to international tourists as well as all tour operators making it easier for tourists to visit the ancient temples,” he said.
Angkor Enterprise has also continued to modernize its online ticketing system, allowing international tourists to buy tickets through the website (www.angkorenterprise.gov.kh) and created a mobile app on Google and Apple stores for international tourists as well as travel agents to purchase tickets in line with the evolution of information technology.
With the current progress of the Angkor Enterprise’s reform works, international tourists and travel agents now have options to buy entrance passes to visit Angkor via online, mobile app, self-service machines and ticket sales offices, he said.
The entrance fee for a one-day visit to the park is $37, a three-day visit costs $62 and a week-long visit $72.
In 2024, the Angkor Institution sold tickets to more than 1 million international tourists, an increase of 28.3 percent compared to 2023, and earned nearly $50 million in revenue, an increase of 28.9 percent compared to 2023.
Peace and strong political stability have given a catalyst in attracting more foreign tourists to visit the Kingdom, said Savoen.
Savoeun called for participation from relevant parties and local authorities and people in facilitating and greeting tourists in the Siem Reap province and other provinces.
“Tourists come to Cambodia because Cambodia is peaceful and safe. The Ministry of Tourism or the government alone cannot attract more tourists, it requires the participation of the private sector and tourism service providers, as well as the general public,” he said.
Situated in northwest Siem Reap province, the Angkor Archaeological Park is home to 91 ancient temples, built from the ninth to the 13th centuries.
Last year, Cambodia welcomed 6.7 million international tourists, an increase of 22.9 percent compared to 2023 and 1.4 percent compared to 2019, the period before the spread of Covid-19.
Following a successful year in 2024, when foreign tourist arrivals exceeded expectations, the Ministry of Tourism has set an ambitious target of attracting more than 7 million international tourists in 2025.
