It is worth to try boat sightseeing trips along the rivers in Phnom Penh, the capital city of the Kingdom of Cambodia where is the connection center of the four main rivers in the country; i.e. Tonle Sap River, Tonle Basak River, Upper-Mekong River, and Lower-Mekong River. Today, dozens of boat tours have been run and managed by mostly the locals. those small businesses in tourism sector are offering similar waterway tour itineraries and sightseeing … [Read more...]
From War To Football Match
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It is the historic event that officials from Cambodian Government, Pheu Thai party, and the Thai Red Shirts organized a friendship football match on September 24 to accelerate the harmonization and cross-border relationships enhancement while dispute has been gradually eased. The match was witnessed by about 50,000 audiences mixing of Cambodians, Thai red shirts, and some few foreigners. About 5,000 Thais cross the border to reach Phnom Penh’s Olympic … [Read more...]
Investment Opportunity in Cambodian Hotel Industry
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Cambodia’s accomodation industry has upsurgued greatly by the end of June, 2011, the number climbed up to 444 hotels, and 1,133 guesthouses accross the coutry whereas only 440 hotels (2,439 rooms), and 1,087 guesthouses (15,321 rooms) existed in 2010, according to Kong Sopheareak, official of Statistic depatment , Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism, as quoted from a Cambodian local media. “Within this six months, 2011, 4 hotels increased, and 46 … [Read more...]
Pchum Ben is a Festival for the Dead
Cambodia is celebrating the annual Buddhism’s Pchum Ben Festival which is the major Buddhist festival from September 13 to 28 to dedicate offerings to their relatives who have passed away so as to ask back blesses from their dead members. Meaning of the Festival: The word 'Ben' in Khmer means to collect; 'Ben' also means to cup or mould cooked rice into portions. The word 'Phchum' means to congregate or to meet together. Regardless how busy … [Read more...]
Will Transport Systems in Cambodia be ready for incoming Tourists?
While international visitors keep rising, only 32 tourist transport companies registered to the Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism, and leave many others remained unregistered operations, according to the Tourism Ministry’s report obtained on September 15. Those licensed tourist transports are 16 surface transport firms and 8 waterway transport firms from Phnom Penh, 1 surface transport firm from Siem Reap, and other 8 land transport firms from Banteay … [Read more...]
Cambodia to Send 163 Athletes to Attend 26th SEA Games in Indonesia
The National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) plans to send 163 athletes including 28 females and 67 delegated sport officials (4 female) from 20 federations to attend the 26th Southeast Asia (SEA) Games hosted in Indonesia this year. "The National Olympic Committee of Cambodia has applied for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport for 230 athletes and delegates to participate in the SEA Games, but the ministry has not approved it yet," … [Read more...]
Sport Education Campaign at Sihanoukville
The Naitonal Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) launched the Olympic sport education under the theme Culture and Olympic Education from September 1-3 at Cambodia’s Sinahoukville aiming to promote public awareness toward sporting, enhance cross-border relationship and tourism. It has been twice so far that Cambodia’s Olympic committee organized such sport education campaign while first time was hosted during 2010 Kingdom’s Water Festival at Phnom … [Read more...]
Preah Vihear After Thai Election
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Phreah Vihear National Authority Director H.E. Hong Soth claimed that the amount of local and international tourists to Visit Phreah Vihear temple is increasing after the Cambodia-Thai frontier conflict has been eased. A local newspaper on August, 27 informed that there are around 250-300 visitors including Thais visit the temple daily on average. Tourists can travel up to the mountain via the two possible roads from Cambodia’s side: The western … [Read more...]
Bokor Resort to Welcome Visitors late 2011
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Bokor Resort, the highest resort in Cambodia located near the coastline will be inaugurated to welcome tourists from all destinations by this end 2011 while the road climbing to the plateau’s peak and other tourism structure is about to complete, Kampot Governer said. Kampot Governor H.E. Khoy Khun Hour, as quoted by a local newspaper said that Bokor Resort can be inaugurated by end this year, and it will be officiated by Cambodian Prime Minister … [Read more...]
Largest Garment and Machineries Fairs Hosted in Phnom Penh
Cambodia exposes her largest garment-textile and machinery fairs to maximize this sector productivity while Kingdom’s garment trading was reported to rise gradually half this year. The trade exhibition with the topics “Cambodia-International Machinery Industrial Fair 2011”, and “Cambodia International Textile and Garment Industrial Exhibition 2011” were hosted in Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island from August, 25 to 28, attended by 150 … [Read more...]
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