KAMPOT, Cambodia, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia recorded 6 million international tourists during the January-November period of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 22 percent, Tourism Minister Huot Hak said on Friday.
"Based on this figure, Cambodia is projected to receive approximately 6.7 million foreign visitors in the entirety of 2024, which will surpass the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level in 2019," he said in a speech during the opening ceremony of the 11th Sea Festival in the southwestern Kampot province.
In 2019, the Southeast Asian country received 6.6 million foreign tourists. ■