mandag 14. januar 2019

‘THEY ONLY GO TO CHINESE SHOPS’: WHY CAMBODIA’S INFLUX OF MAINLAND TOURISTS IS CAUSING TENSIONS


More than 1.27 million Chinese tourists visited Cambodia in the first eight months of 2018, a 72 per cent increase on the same period in 2017. But not all local business owners are happy. In Siem Reap, the tourism hub and launching point for trips to the famous Angkor Wat temple complex, some are quick to lament the shift towards a market based mostly on Chinese visitors.