Domestic tourism kicks off with almost 20,000 tourists last weekend

Last weekend, from May 7 to 9, some 19,709 domestic visitors toured the country, according to Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism.

Of them, he pointed out, 19,492 were national tourists, and 217 were foreign visitors.

Even though the number of internal tourists is still low compared to that before the Feb. 20 Community Event, it saw an increase of about 10,749 tourists or 120 percent compared to the week before the lockdown of Phnom Penh capital and Takhmao town of Kandal province, added the Minister.