Next year maybe the busloads of Chinese tourists will be back but for now, Cambodia’s on a slow road out of COVID-19.
The Angkor Ticket office on the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia’s second-largest city, is designed to handle crowds with plenty of space for queues. Last Saturday, however, there was no waiting.
Borey is one of the many Angkor Wat guides that head to the 12th century site in the early hours, hoping to find someone willing to pay him $US18 to show them the highlights of what is thought to be the world’s largest religious monument.“We are so happy to see tourists back. Sometimes we get some customers, some days we don’t because there are still more of us than the visitors need,” Borey says.
and Chinese airlines have recently resumed some international flights. However, these are for business travel. While the rest of the world has dusted off their passports, China’s 1.4 billion people are still holidaying at home., along with flight capacity says Hannah Pearson, founding partner of Kuala Lumpur-based tourism consultancy Pear Anderson.“Cambodia relied heavily on Chinese tourism arrivals pre-pandemic,” Pearson notes.
The continued recovery is good news for Australian Ilana Tulloch and her partner Adam Hill. The pair have run the Baby Elephant Boutique Hotel in Siem Reap for the last seven years. A tuk-tuk round trip to Angkor Wat from the hotel costs $US23 – and the kitchen provides a breakfast box at 4.30am. Crowdfunding also played a role as the pair battled on. A partnership with a Brisbane hair salon raised funds for an espresso machine to expand the hotel’s beverage menu – and give staff new skills.It came down to survival. Neither Tulloch nor Hill drew a salary during the pandemic years. This year has been better. Now high season, which occurs during the cooler months of October through to March, is back properly for the first time in three years.
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