On New Year’s Eve 2024, approaching the beginning of 2025, Kampot province had approximately 198,000 tourists, including more than 600 international tourists who visited resorts, tourist destination communities, and Kampot City. Meanwhile, the general situation in Kampot province on New Year’s Eve was good, with no notable problems.
Soy Sinol, Director of the Kampot Provincial Department of Tourism, stated that the overall situation in Kampot province on December 31, 2024, was good, with no significant problems. In particular, the flow of tourists to visit was large both during the day and at night, with a total of 198,501 national and international tourists visiting resorts, tourist destination communities, and Kampot city, including 197,848 national tourists and 653 international tourists.
The head of the department said that the large presence of tourists shows the success of the Kampot provincial administration, which always pays attention to and promotes the development of tourism in the province by creating many new achievements to attract as many tourists as possible, in order to promote the growth of the family economy as well as the provincial economy, in accordance with the wishes of the Royal Government of Cambodia.
Sinol added that for the New Year’s Eve celebration, tourists and citizens were having fun everywhere, both in the resort areas, especially Kampot City, because the authorities have organised well both in terms of beauty and security, making it a province worthy of being an attractive tourist destination in Cambodia. Tourist destinations in Kampot City, especially the beach area, gardens, seahorse statue spraying water, and the large clock, are still the most attractive destinations.