Nearly half a million Chinese tourists visited Cambodia in the first 11 months of 2023, up nearly 450% compared to the same period last year. They were among the more than 4.9 million foreign arrivals logged by Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism.
Between January and November 2023, Cambodia received a total of nearly 4.92 million foreign visitors, an increase of 156.9% compared to the 1.91 million guests in the same interval of 2022. Visitors from China ranked third with 498,250 (10.1% of the total), jumping 449.7% from the 90,648 recorded last year.
Despite the increase, the figures pale in comparison to the pre-Covid-19 figures of 2019, when a record high 6.61 million tourists visited the Kingdom. China made up the largest group, with 2.36 million arrivals.
The ministry noted that Thailand was the top source for this year’s guests, with 1.66 million tourists, or 33.7% of the total. This was followed by Vietnam (920,093), Laos (330,724) and several other nations including the US, South Korea, Indonesia, France, the UK and Russia.
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