{"id":5061,"date":"2023-02-23T11:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesetouristagency.com\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:32:06","slug":"attract-chinese-tourists-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesetouristagency.com\/attract-chinese-tourists-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"How to attract Chinese tourists to Cambodia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tourism is Cambodia\u2019s second-largest revenue<\/a> and China is their 3rd largest tourist arrival group. According to a Ministry of Tourism study, China was the main source of foreign tourists to Cambodia in the pre-pandemic era, and the country attracted 2.36 million Chinese tourists in 2019, producing around 1.8 billion US dollars in income. <\/p>\n

Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon predicted that the Southeast Asian country will attract at least 1 million Chinese tourists<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n

2023 is also a celebration of the 65th anniversary of the two countries diplomatic ties, Cambodia is launching a “Cambodia-China Good Friend” campaign to welcome Chinese visitors.<\/p>\n

Diplomatic relations<\/h3>\n

In the past two years, Cambodian and Chinese governments have made efforts in setting up actions to help attract Chinese visitors to Cambodia. As a result, Direct flights between the two countries increased and are now available from Guangzhou, Nanning and Shanghai.<\/p>\n

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Infrastructures<\/h3>\n

In the first six months of 2014, there have been 161,700 Chinese visitors to Angkor Wat temple. \u00a0As to know a 17 per cent rise over the same period last year. But this rise is causing problems. \u00a0Indeed the increasing number of Chinese coming to Cambodia\u2019s main tourist attractions such as Angkor Wat and Siem Reap is causing a shortage of high-end accommodations.<\/p>\n

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The Minister of Tourism said that “In recent years, Chinese tourists have been looking for luxury and boutique hotels, which are also wanted by Japanese and Korean travellers”. However, in Siem Reap, there are only about 30 luxury hotels out of the 170 hotels in the area. Cambodian authorities should therefore consider building more high-end hotels in their main tourist attraction sites.<\/p>\n

Speak Mandarin<\/h3>\n

Most Chinese tourists who travel abroad don\u2019t speak English.\u00a0 It is therefore really important for Cambodian tourism professionals to provide Chinese tourists services and information brochures in Chinese. \u00a0Including Chinese dishes in the menus and TV programs will also be well-seen by their Chinese customers. It is also important to provide kettles in the rooms since a large part of the Chinese population is still used to drinking hot water.<\/p>\n

Promotion<\/h3>\n

When Chinese prepare for their trip abroad they usually look for information on the Internet and particularly on Chinese most popular booking websites such as Ctrip, Tuniu, Qunar and eLong. These websites are competing mostly on price criteria. It is therefore vital for Cambodian tourism players to have competitive prices to raise the interest of online Chinese tourists.<\/p>\n

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