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Holidaymakers made nearly 1.26 million domestic trips nationwide during the three-day Pchum Ben Festival this year, representing an almost 90 per cent rise compared to the corresponding time last year, with Battambang, Siem Reap and Kep provinces receiving the most visitors, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
As Buddhists across Cambodia celebrate Pchum Ben, a group of people living with disabilities have taken to chanting the Parabhava Sutta, which loosely translates as “the causes of downfall”.
The Ministry of Tourism has called on travellers as well as owners and managers of tourism-linked businesses to follow and ensure compliance with the minimum standard operating procedures (SOP) for tourism, in a notice issued ahead of the three-day Pchum Ben festival this weekend.