Travel Daily News, oct 24 2006
The decision of Cambodia to launch e-visa will facilitate the tourism arrivals in the country.
Cambodia e-Visa was officially launched on the 17th April 2006, as a solution to the problem many tourists and business travellers faced to obtaining visa to enter Cambodia. The previous status made it difficult for tourists to enter the country with obvious impact on Cambodia`s tourism revenues so the concern of the Cambodia Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was primarly to facilitate the process for people obtaining their visa. TravelDailyNews International asked Mr David Ng e-Visa Consultant in the Cambodia Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation why did Cambodia take this decision: “Cambodia having Angkor Wat as one of The Seven Forgotten Wonders of Medevial Mind contribute as a major source of revenue to the country. Thousand of tourists visit Angkor Wat every month and yet there are still tourist that finds it difficult in obtaining Cambodia Visa. One of the method to increase tourist visiting Cambodia is by making Tourist Visa easily obtainable,” said Mr. Ng. Asking about the benefits for Cambodia Tourism from the launching of e-visa Mr Ng said, “We believe with electronic visa (e-Visa) it will help increase Cambodia Tourism industry by giving tourist a hassle-free and convenient method of applying visa compared to the conventional method.>>Full article
