Cambodia tourist attraction | Cambodia travel Destination The tourism industry is the country's second-greatest source of hard currency after the textile industry.[64] Between January and December 2007, visitor arrivals were 2.0 million, an increase of 18.5% over the same period in 2006. Most visitors (51%) arrived through Siem Reap with the remainder (49%) through Phnom Penh and other destinations.[109] Other tourist destinations include Sihanoukville in the south west which has several popular beaches and the sleepy riverside town of Battambang in the east, both of which are a popular stop for backpackers who make up a large of portion of visitors to Cambodia.[110] The area around Kampot and Kep including the Bokor Hill Station are also of interest to visitors. Tourism has increased steadily each year in the relatively stable period since the 1993 UNTAC elections; in 1993 there were 118,183 international tourists, and in 2009 there were 2,161,577 international tourists.[111] Most of the tourists were Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos, Americans, South Koreans and French, said the report, adding that the industry earned some 1.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, accounting for almost ten percent of the kingdom's gross national products. Chinese-language newspaper Jianhua Daily quoted industry officials as saying that Cambodia will have three million foreign tourist arrivals in 2010 and five million in 2015. Tourism has been one of Cambodia's triple pillar industries. The Angkor Wat historical park in Siem Reap province, the beaches in Sihanoukville and the capital city Phnom Penh are the main attractions for foreign tourists.[112] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFY6CPlswv2eC_oUd4YAEEw Website: http://www.cambodiaattraction.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sim.pisith Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/www.hvto.org Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/www.hvto.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/sim2piseth Cambodia tourist attractions compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cQwNw-othE Clean water project funded by Rosemere High School, Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4THkTkIJU54

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