Southeast Asia Information Port (www.dnyxxg.com) – Affected by the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, the Angkor Wat archaeological site, Cambodia's most iconic tourist destination, received 955,000 foreign tourists in 2025, a 6.7% decrease year-on-year. Authorities plan to further enhance the international popularity of this famous tourist attraction by actively implementing a new tourism strategy.
According to reports, Angkor Wat's ticket revenue is Cambodia's largest source of tourism revenue. A report released on the 1st by the Angkor Authority, Cambodia's official management body, shows that Angkor Wat's ticket revenue exceeded US$44.71 million in 2025, a 6.5% decrease year-on-year.
Local industry insiders believe that since the outbreak of the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, increased security risks, regional cross-border travel disruptions, and the temporary closure of land border crossings have weakened foreign tourists' willingness to travel to Cambodia, becoming a significant reason for the decline in international tourist numbers to Angkor Wat.
The Angkor Authority is vigorously promoting a series of new tourism development plans, including continuously improving infrastructure construction, enhancing service quality, and developing more distinctive tourism projects and routes to enrich the international tourist experience, in order to promote the sustainable development of the local tourism industry. It is reported that the Siem Reap Angkor International Airport, built by Chinese companies using the "BOT" (Build-Operate-Transfer) model, has played a significant role in boosting the local tourism market recovery. In 2025, the airport handled over 15,000 flights, serving 1.478 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%. To date, it has opened routes to 20 cities in 10 countries, operated by 14 airlines on 26 routes.
The Angkor complex, located in northwestern Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, covers an area of over 400 square kilometers and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. (End)
