Tourism industry applauds Kuwait deal

Cambodia really need to tighten its security in order to boost visitors. Robberies, gangs, scams ... which lead to fears from foreign visitors and even Cambodian residents, happen everyday without any reliable attention from the officers.
It is often said that the cops are the accomplices, they share benifit with the criminials. And if they catch the criminals the court might release them or just give a very light sentence in exchange for a ransom. Corruption and nepotism are the main reasons to the insecurity. That is what the government should focus! Most people even said, Cambodian government are obviously not serving cambodian people but instead living on cambodian blood.
Nepotism should be avoided. Who doesnt know that most of the gangster rich kids are those whose fathers/relatives are the government officers?
Cambodia is also losing its man power, most inteligences/scientists.... well-educated people have fled abroad because they distrust the government.

Wake up Cambodian people(government), stop hating people who diss you, look into yourself and put yourself in others' shoes.

I am not trying to be cool or anything, but I have to do what I want to, and what I am supposed to do. I hope opinion can be heard, freely.

If they happen to read this, I hope they take it as a constructive critisism.

The Phnom Penh Post

Written by Chun Sophal

Thursday, 22 January 2009

Cambodia's travel industry applauded a recent agreement to allow direct flights to Kuwait, saying the move could give a much-needed boost to the sector. "Kuwait is a rich country and we look forward to seeing more visitors from there," said Ho Vandy, president of the Cambodian Association of Travel Agents. "I know that we will receive a lot of tourists from this country," he said. The Cambodian government said it would send a team to Kuwait to design a promotional campaign to attract visitors. "Next month Kuwait will have direct flights to Cambodia and, under this new agreement, we expect to see 50,000 tourists this year and 100,000 next year [from Kuwait]," Minister of Tourism Thong Khon told reporters after returning from Kuwait Friday. Only about 700 Kuwaitis visited Cambodia in 2008. Cambodia has seen a flood of investment from the Middle East, mainly from Kuwait and UAE, with Israel's first trade and investment delegation planned in March.