Cambodia received more than 5.4 million foreign tourists in 2023

Throughout 2023, Cambodia received 5,453,231 foreign tourists, an increase of 139.5 percent compared to 2022. This is according to the report of the Ministry of Tourism on January 19, 2024.

According to the Ministry of Tourism, more than 5.4 million foreign tourists came, including 1,866,231 tourists who came by flight, 3,520,730 tourists who came by land, and 66,270 tourists who came by water.

Cambodia's main international tourism markets in 2023 included: 1. 1,820,460 Thais; 2. 1,019,812 Vietnamese; 3. 547,798 Chinese; 4. 372,285 Laotians; 5. 184,870 Americans; 6. 170,171 South Koreans; 7. 127,178 Indonesians; 8. 106,625 French; 9. 96,973 Britishs, and 10. 87,825 Malaysians.

Of the 5,453,231 foreign tourists who visited Cambodia, 5,254,619 have already left the country, the report said. In 2023, 1,819,504 Cambodians also went abroad, with a growth rate of 152.3 percent.

These statistics show that Cambodia would have recovered more than 80 percent of tourism by 2019, while the Ministry of Tourism is also actively working to boost and promote tourism.