via Phnom Penh Post, 15 August 2022: More signs of tourism recovery in Cambodia, now at Sambor Prei Kuk.
After more than two and a half years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of national and international visitors to the pre-Angkorian Sambor Prei Kuk temple complex in Kampong Thom province has begun to increase.
At the same time, local communities are more aware of environmental issues and have largely discontinued encroaching on forests and hunting animals. They have turned to natural ecological businesses and are selling domestic products.
Tour guide Cheng Chenda told The Post that the number of visitors is steadily increasing, a sign of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We break it down by day. On Saturdays and Sundays we have a lot of Cambodian visitors, sometimes students from Phnom Penh. We record 300 to 500 visitors a day. We generally see about 20 foreign visitors,” he said.
The figures were recorded and sent to the provincial Department of Tourism.
Source: Sambor Prei Kuk sees visitors return | Phnom Penh Post
