PHNOM PENH, (PNA/Xinhua) — China has overtaken South Korea to become the 2nd largest tourist source to Cambodia, according to the data from the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism on Thursday.
The report showed that Vietnam remained topped the chart among the top ten tourist arrivals to Cambodia with 584,800 tourists during the January-August period this year, up 12 percent year-on- year.
China overtook South Korea to become the 2nd largest tourist arrivals to Cambodia with 305,500 visitors, up 47 percent, while South Korea moved to the third place with 296,500 tourists, up merely 3 percent.
It added that during the first eight months of this year, the country has received a total of 2.77 million foreign tourists, up 19 percent year-on-year.