O le turisi a Kemupotia na feagai ma le faaletonu o le tamaoaiga i le paʻu o le pa'ū o le paʻu mai i matu sasaʻe o Asia, aemaise Iapani ma Korea i Saute. O taua faaupufai ma Thailand na fesoasoani foi i le pa'ū ifo o turisi mai tuaoi.

Ina ua maeʻa le ono tausaga o le faʻatuputupulaia le tuputupu aʻe - ma o le tele lava i numera faʻalua-, o tagata tafafao maimoa mai Kemupotia na vaʻaia le paʻu o le aofaʻi o tagata na taunuʻu mai mo le afa muamua o le 2009. E ui ina tauagafau i le -1.1 pasene, na auina mai ai se faʻailoga popole ona o turisi o se tasi lea o sili ona tele tupe maua maua mo le malo ma se mafuaʻaga tele o galuega ma sili atu 300,000 Khmers faigaluega i le faletalimalo ma turisi pisinisi.

E tusa ai ma se suʻesuʻega, o tagata malaga i Korea i Saute, i totonu o le pito i luga o maketi a Kemupotia, na paʻu i lalo o le lona tolu i le vaitaimi o le kuata muamua 2009. O maketi e pei o Ausetalia, Saina, Thailand po o Iapani na teʻena foʻi i numera faʻalua-numera. O le tuputupu aʻe na faʻamaumauina i Vietnam –o le taimi nei o Kemupotia le tele o ulufale maketi-, Farani, Peretania ma Amerika.

O le taulaga o Siem Reap, lea e tu ai Angkor Wat, o fale na fausia ai, na sili atu ona afaina i le mataua. E tusa ai ma faʻamaumauga mai le pulega o malae vaʻalele, o le aofaʻi o pasese i Siem Reap na paʻu'ū mai ia Ianuari e oʻo atu ia Me e 25.5 pasene, mai le 778,000 i le 580,000.

I le vaitaimi lava lea e tasi, na vaʻaia ai e Phnom Penh le feʻaveaʻi o pasese i se paʻu maualalo e 12.9 pasene mai le 767,000 i le 667,000 pasese. O numera ua faʻaleleia atili i le Malae Vaʻalele Faʻavaomalo i Phnom Penh. O pasese na feoaʻi na o lalo i lalo e 10.2 pasene i le faʻaiuga o Aukuso.

O le le fiafia mo Angkor Wat o loʻo atagia mai foi i tupe maua mai Apsara Pulega, lea e faʻatautaia ia malumalu. Mo le afa muamua o le tausaga, tupe maua mai le faʻatauina o pepa na paʻu i lalo le toeititi 20 pasene. Ole tausaga lona lua lona lua ole paʻu ole pulega talu ai ua paʻu tupe maua mai le US $ 32 ile 30 miliona ile va ole 2007 ma le 2008. Na tuuaia e Bun Narith, le faatonu aoao ole Apsara Authority, le faaletonu ole tamaoaiga, le mautonu faapolokiki ile tuaoi. Taialani ma le leaga o le tau mo le paʻu lautele.

I le taimi nei, o turisi i Kemupotia e foliga mai ua oʻo i le pito i lalo. Ia Iulai, na faamauina e le malo le siitia o le 10 pasene i le aofai o tagata na taunuu. Tele tau faʻaititia ma tau paʻu i faletalimalo ma turisi mataʻaga, le tatalaina o sopoʻia tuaʻoi fou, tele malaga i Kemupotia faʻafetai i le vaʻaia fou a le atunuʻu Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) e tatau ona fesoasoani e tuʻu i tua turisi i le ala saʻo. Ua uma ona folafola e le malo le toe amataina o se polokalame faasalalau i luga o alaata i Saina, Iapani ma Korea ma valoia ai o le a toe tupu foi turisi mai ia Setema. Faʻatasi ai ma se laki, e mafai foi ona tape atoa lona paʻu ma faʻaali le faʻatupulaia o le tuputupu aʻe i le aofaʻi o tagata na taunuʻu mai i le faʻaiuga o le tausaga.

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1 percent, it sent a worrying signal as tourism is one of the biggest revenues earning for the government and a major source of employment with over 300,000 Khmers working in the hotel and tourism business.
Numerous price reductions and discounts in hotels and tourist attractions, the opening of new border crossings, more flights to Cambodia thanks to the new national carrier Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) should contribute to put back tourism on the right track.
It would be the second consecutive year of decline for the authority as revenues from ticket sales already dropped from US$ 32 to 30 million between 2007 and 2008.