Siem Reap tourism hit by Thai protests

Cambodia has allowed Thailand to get profits from carrying tourists to Cambodia for long enough. And now when Thailand has a situation, Cambodian government can do nothing but watch the country being hit. Cambodia could have totally avoided that. It is about time Cambodia National Airline reopens!!!!
What are those ppl doing? It is hardly known and checked how all the ministors and officials are working everyday. They are doing nothing basically beside finding a way to get moneys under their tables?. No wonder, unproductive government leads to the country's very low productivity.

Phnom Penh Post:

Written by Kay Kimsong

Friday, 28 November 2008

TOURISM officials said Thursday that flight cancellations caused by the recent political unrest in Thailand have cost the Kingdom nearly 500 international tourist arrivals per day. Mobs with the pro-monarchy People's Alliance for Democracy on Tuesday stormed Suvarnabhumi International Airport and on Thursday closed Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok, prompting airport officials to cancel all departing flights. Ho Vandy, president of the Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, said as many as 500 tourist arrivals would be lost by the disruptions in Bangkok, which would affect travel agencies, hotels and other related services.

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