Cambodia has reported a 49 percent increase in the number of Chinese tourists in the first four months of 2025, said Tourism Minister Huot Hak on Friday.
More than 380,000 Chinese visitors traveled to the Southeast Asian country during the January-April period of this year, up 49 percent compared to the same period last year, he said in a speech during the launch event of Cambodia-China Tourism Year 2025 in Phnom Penh.
"Based on this good trend, I firmly believe that the "Cambodia-China Tourism Year" will surely become an important opportunity to attract more Chinese tourists to Cambodia and deepen tourism and cultural exchanges between the two countries," he said at the event with an audience of about 800.
He said the tourism year was highly consistent with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the spirit of the iron-clad friendship between Cambodia and China.
"This will not only effectively consolidate the comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries and enhance the solidarity and friendship between the peoples, but also inject strong impetus into building an all-weather Cambodia-China community with a shared future," he said.
According to the minister, Cambodia received a total of 2.4 million international tourists in the first four months of 2025, a 14-percent increase over the same period in 2024.