Angkor Archaeological Park, the most attractive tourism landscape in the Kingdom, received 1.02 million foreign tourists last year, a year-on-year increase of 28.27 percent, from 798,069, a report from the Angkor Enterprise overseeing the Angkor Entrance Pass Sales, showed yesterday.
The entry pass sale revenue rose by 28.57 percent to $47.82 million, read the report.
In December alone, 125,349 foreign tourists visited the park, generating revenues of $5.91 million, a year-on-year increase of 27.81 percent and 27.21 percent, respectively.
Tourists from the United States topped the list of visitors, followed by the UK, France, China, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Australia, Vietnam and India, the report added.
The growth of Angkor entry sales reflected that Cambodia’s tourism sector is on a strong recovery path, said Ministry of Tourism’s Secretary of State and spokesman Top Sopheak.
Speaking to Khmer Times, Sopheak said, “Despite the figures of foreign tourists at Siem Reap province having not reached the pre-Covid pandemic level, these figures reflect a steady recovery of the tourism sector.”
The entrance fee for one-day visit to the park is $37; a three-day visit costs $62 and a weeklong visit $72.
To facilitate tours of international tourists, the Angkor Enterprise has installed automatic ticket machines for one-day entry pass, facilitating tourists who visit the Angkor Park for one day no longer need to line up to buy tickets as before. All ticket machines are available in three locations.
Connecting direct flights and better airport facilities have contributed to facilitating tourists to the cultural province of Siem Reap, Sopheak said.
“The Ministry of Tourism, and relevant parties have closely worked together to promote tourism, creating new products, and facilitating tours to foreign tourists,” he said.
For 3-day and 7-day Angkor tickets, tourists are required to buy tickets at the Angkor Enterprise.
Situated in northwest Siem Reap province, the 401-square-km Angkor Archaeological Park is home to 91 ancient temples, which had been built from the ninth to the 13th centuries.
The Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1992, is the most popular tourist destination in the Southeast Asian country.
