The inauguration ceremony of the new Tourism Ministry’s new cabinet building in Phnom Penh

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen cuts red ribbon while presiding over the inauguration ceremony of the new Tourism Ministry’s new cabinet building in Phnom Penh on Sept. 28.

Addressing the ceremony, Cambodian premier said “Through the implementation of my recommendation, in which related to the marketing study, advertisement, visa issue, transportation, development work improvement, important tourism destination renovation, human resource development together with the gradual recovery with the positive sign from the global economic crisis, we have observed that the number of tourists have remarkably increased from June to August”.

According to the Ministry of Tourism’s reports, the number of tourists has increased 1.37% in the first 8 months of 2009 and the number is expected to reach from 2% to 3% in 2009.