Cambodian tourism players have welcomed plans for a boat link between Thailand’s Trat and Cambodia’s Kep and Kampot as well as Vietnam’s Phu Quoc, claiming it will boost regional tourism and help lure more visitors to the Kingdom’s coastal areas.
Sinan Thourn, chairman of PATA Cambodia, said the PATA Cambodia chapter has been collaborating with counterparts in Thailand and Vietnam through the Cambodia-Vietnam-Thailand Economic Corridor (CVTEC) platform for many years to promote waterway travel.
“We’re optimistic about the project’s official launch soon,” he said, adding that during the inaugural Cambodia Travel Match held in Kampot in December 2024, PATA initiated a new route from Thailand, bringing Thai and Indian DMCs through the Koh Kong port to the new Kampot International Tourism Port, which held its soft opening in the same month.
“This initiative will provide a firsthand experience of the waterway and showcase the Cambodia tourism map,” he said, noting…
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