Key highlights of the tourism statistics report for January 2023:
Total international tourist arrivals increased by 797.2% to 402,943 visitors and arrivals from ASEAN increased by 715.4% to 246,927 visitors in January 2023, representing a sequential increase of 11.1% and 3.6% respectively compared to the month of December 2022
Of the top 10 markets, Thailand was the highest at 34.7%, followed by Vietnam (16.0%), China (6.2%), Korea (5.1%), Lao PDR (4.9%), U.S.A (4.7%), Russia (2.8%), France (2.7%), U.K (2.3%) and Indonesia (2.1%)
These top 10 markets accounted for 81.5% of total tourist arrivals, an increase of 772.4% to 328,247 visitors in January 2023
Arrivals via air and land / waterways increased by 448.0% to 143,171 visitors and 1,283.1% to 259,772 visitors in January 2023 respectively, representing a sequential increase of 21.4% and 6.2% respectively compared to the month of December 2022
Arrivals via Phnom Penh International Airport increased by 314.4% to 96,395 visitors in January 2023, representing a sequential increase of 22.3% compared to the month of December 2022
Arrivals from China increased by 900.3% to 24,978 visitors in January 2023, representing a sequential increase of 53.9% compared to the month of December 2022
International business-related travels into Cambodia increased by 505.3% to 65,065 visitors in January 2023, with the top 5 markets coming from China (26.3%), Vietnam (25.3%), Indonesia (10.0%), Thailand (8.6%) and Malaysia (3.8%), representing a sequential increase of 31.4% compared to the month of December 2022
International business-related travels coming from China increased by 719.3% to 17,091 visitors in January 2023, representing a sequential increase of 51.4% compared to the month of December 2022
(Source: Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia)
Thailand
Vietnam
China
U.S.A
Lao PDR
Indonesia
Korea
France
Malaysia
U.K
2022
853,376
463,995
106,875
93,386
92,609
75,653
64,040
56,509
53,123
44,123
2021
81,844
22,120
45,775
6,535
282
8,410
6,074
3,642
2,989
1,220
share(%)
37.5
20.4
4.7
4.1
4.1
3.3
2.8
2.5
2.3
1.9
change(%)
942.7
1,997.6
133.5
1,329.0
32,740.1
799.6
954.3
1,451.6
1,677.3
3,516.6
Key highlights of the tourism statistics report for December 2022:
Total international tourist arrivals increased by 1,058.6% to 2,276,626 visitors and arrivals from ASEAN increased by 1,251.9% to 1,603,004 visitors in 2022
Of the top 10 markets, Thailand was the highest at 37.5%, followed by Vietnam (20.4%), China (4.7%), U.S.A (4.1%), Lao PDR (4.1%), Indonesia (3.3%), Korea (2.8%), France (2.5%), Malaysia (2.3%) and U.K (1.9%)
These top 10 markets accounted for 83.6% of total tourist arrivals, an increase of 964.2% to 1,903,689 visitors in 2022
Arrivals via Phnom Penh International Airport increased by 575.6% to 609,667 visitors in 2022
Arrivals from ASEAN in the month of December 2022 was 238,461 visitors, representing a sequential increase of 4.7% compared to the month of November 2022
Arrivals from China increased by 133.5% to 106,875 visitors in 2022
International business-related travels into Cambodia increased by 372.9% to 431,000 visitors in 2022, with the top 5 markets coming from Vietnam (27.4%), China (18.0%), Indonesia (12.8%), Thailand (7.6%) and Korea (4.6%)
International business-related travels for the month of December 2022 was 49,518 visitors, representing an increase of 1,683.8% from the lowest point of 2,776 visitors recorded in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic
Since the lifting of quarantine requirements in November 2021, total international tourist arrivals increased by 1,815.0% to 362,571 visitors and international business-related travels increased by 490.5% to 49,518 visitors in December 2022 compared to November 2021