Cambodia receives one million foreign tourists in first four months, up 13 pct

 PHNOM PENH, May 31 (Xinhua) -- International visitors to Cambodia increased by 13 percent to one million in the first four months of this year from 884,716 at the same period last year, according to the statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism on Tuesday.
   Of the figure, 53 percent, or 534,094 visitors, travelled to Cambodia by air and the rest by land and water.
   Among the top ten markets arrivals to Cambodia in the first four months, Vietnamese tourists rated first with 181,832, up 18 percent, South Korea ranked second with 130,233, up 22 percent and China at third with 85,175, up 34 percent.
   The report showed that Thai tourists to Cambodia had declined up to 35 percent to 34,811 due to the twice deadly armed clashes over the disputed border areas between the two countries’ troops on Feb. 4 to 7 and on April 22 to May 3.
   Tourism industry is one of the main four pillars supporting Cambodian economy. In 2010, the sector received 2.5 million foreign tourists generating the total revenue of 1.75 billion US dollars. (Nguon Sovan)