Entry fee hike spurs record income at Angkor Wat Temples

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Entry fee hike spurs record income at Angkor Wat Temples

Increased admission fees at Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park have helped generate record income. Angkor Enterprise handles ticket issuing services for the park and reported earlier this month that income for May this year was almost 100 per cent higher than for May 2016.

The agency said it collected US$6.6 million from visitors in May. This figure was a continuation of an upward spike in income and visitor arrivals which started at the beginning of 2017. The figures show almost 1.1 million foreign tourists paid to enter the Angkor complex during the five-month period to the end of May.

Visitor numbers were 12 per cent more than for the same five months last year. The net income derived from ticket sales during the period was just short of US$46 million. This was 60 per cent higher than for the same months in 2016. 

The amount of revenue generated was inflated by the fact there was a significant rise in the cost of admission tickets on 1 February 2017. The cost of a one-day ticket rose from US$20 to US$37, a three-day pass from US$40 to US$62, and a seven-day one from US$60 to US$72.

12GO ASIA says the Khmer Empire Angkor temples are the most visited tourism site in Cambodia. The temple city is a few kilometres from the town of Siem Reap. The town is on air and bus routes from the likes of Phnom Penh, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.

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