By Ky Soklim
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek
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Representatives of the working group from the tourism private sector and
officials from the ministry of Tourism will meet each other on Thursday
12 February, to stimulate a restart in tourist activities which were hit
hard in 2008 from the worldwide economic crisis.
Ho Vandy, the former president of the Association of tourist agencies in
Cambodia, declared that the private tourist sector will submit several
proposals to the ministry, and that it hopes that the ministry will take
them into serious consideration.
The private sector's proposals mainly point to a lowering price of the
"tourist package," such as, lower cost for airfare, lower access fee to
tourist sites managed by private companies, lower hotel cost, as well as
lower visa fee. "We want to offer a special tourist package to face the
crisis period," Ho Vandy said. "If the government accepts it, we hope to
pull up the tourist sector," he indicated.
Since the crisis affected the tourist sector in Cambodia, people
involved in this sector are complaining about a significant loss of
revenue. Each year, Cambodia welcomes more than 2 million visitors who
spend more than $1.4 billion. In 2008, the number of visitors increased
only by 5%, this is much lower that the 17% growth recorded in 2007.
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