Commenting on the deferment, Ministry of Culture director Long Pinna Serivath noted that the admission prices would now go up in July. He explained that this would enable travel agencies and tour operators a timeframe to build the increases into their packages.
The delay was a result of complaints lodged by the Travel Agents Association of Cambodia which said the ministries had upped the prices without sufficient notice. The entry fee for S21 is currently US$3, but will go up to US$5 while charges at the National Museum will rise from US$5 to US$10.
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Cambodia defers entry fee price rises for top Phnom Penh museums
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Cambodia’s Ministry of Finance has released a letter confirming entry fee increases for two top museums in Phnom Penh have been deferred. Admission ticket prices for the city’s Cambodian National Museum and the S21 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum were originally due to go up in January.