According to the data released by the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia, 6.2 million foreign travellers visited the Kingdom in 2018. While the growth rate is high, Cambodia remains only the seventh most visited country by international tourists in 2018 among other Asean countries. Only Laos, Myanmar and Brunei are performing worse.
Unsurprisingly, Thailand leads the race as far as numbers of tourists are concerned. In 2018, Thailand welcomed 38 million visitors from abroad. Malaysia, the runner-up, is far behind with its 23 million visitors and so is Singapore with 16 million. In total, 129 million international visitors travelled to Asean countries in 2018 showing a 7.4% growth compared to the previous year.
For Cambodia, as for almost all other Asean countries, China remains the main source tourist market with Chinese tourists occupying the highest lines of visitors by nationality lists. The numbers of Chinese travellers continues growing with a whopping 70% increase in numbers in Cambodia only.
Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia Experience Growth in Tourist Arrivals
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Vietnam topped the 2018 list of the Asean countries with the highest growth rate of international tourists arrivals with 19.9% increase. Indonesia came the second with 11.6% with Cambodia immediately after with 11%.