Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals

Cambodia opens new airport near Angkor Wat amid low tourism numbers

Cambodian officials on Monday unveiled a US$1.1 billion airport near the famed Angkor temples – built by Chinese state-owned companies as part of the Belt and Road Initiative –even as tourist numbers continue to drop.  The first commercial flight into the new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport landed from Thailand as Deputy Prime Minister Vongsey Visoth praised China at a ceremony Monday. This is “an historical achievement which shows the fr…

Cambodia opens new international airport near historic Angkor Wat

Commercial operations began Monday at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap. A Bangkok Airways flight from Thailand was the first to land, with 16 additional flights scheduled for the first day of operations at the Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport. CAMBODIA'S PRIME MINIST…

Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals

Phnom Penh, October 16, 2023 — Commercial operations began Monday at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap. A Bangkok Airways flight from Thailand was the first to land, with 16 additional flights scheduled for the first day of operations at the Siem Reap-Angkor International A…

Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Commercial operations began Monday at Cambodia's newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country's major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap.

Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Commercial operations began Monday at Cambodia's newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country's major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap.

Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Commercial operations began Monday at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northweste