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Hopes for second Kampot town
Wed, 31 March 2021
A recently-minted coastal town in the southwestern province of Kampot has generated very high hopes for investment, development and jobs in the area.
The government issued a sub-decree on March 16 to establish Bokor town in the western reaches of the province, adjacent to the western edge of Kampot town and comprised of three communes formerly in Teuk Chhou district – Prek Tnort, Koh Touch and Boeung Touk from west to east.
The new town will have significant overlap with Bokor National Park – which extends to bordering districts and neighbouring Preah Sihanouk province – and will house the park’s main attractions.
When Can We Visit Cambodia Again?
Before I delve into specific Cambodia attractions, I thought it would be helpful to address the elephant in the room: When, precisely, will we able to visit Cambodia again? While some of you will be reading this in the distance future, when Covid-19 is nothing but a bad memory, the reality is that Cambodia remains off-limits to the majority of foreign visitors as of early 2021. Ongoing restrictions are complicated by a new outbreak of the disease, and the country’s relatively slow vaccine rollout.
The good news is that scientists expect the acute phase of the pandemic to be over sometime in the first half of 2021, which means the prospects for tourism to Cambodia in the second half are relatively good. In the worse case scenario, I would expect tourism to Cambodia to be possible again in early 2022. You can minimize your chances for disappointment by planning a more general itinerary now, and waiting until later to attach it to specific dates.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Arrives in Cambodia with New Upscale Property
February 19, 2021
Wyndham Hotels will debut in Cambodia with a new hotel on the country s tropical coast. Photo: Wyndham.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has opened its first hotel in Cambodia, the Howard Johnson Plaza by Wyndham Blue Bay Sihanoukville, a new upscale hotel on the country s tropical coast.
The 36-story property has 322 rooms and suites with city and sea views overlooking Independence Beach, each with a balcony.
The hotel is home to three restaurants, Andaman Sea, the all-day dining restaurant serving international favorites alongside Sichuan, Cantonese and Hunan cuisine; the Private Dining Room, serving local, Chinese and Western specialties; and the Infinity Lounge, which serves a refreshing array of beverages and cocktails.
Feb 10th 2021, 16:38
Find out what to do in Phnom Penh, Kampot, Kep and Koh Rong with Nick Redmayne’s guide to Cambodia.
The days when crowds would gather to watch the sunrise at Angkor Wat, searching for a moment of spiritual stillness in spite of the swarm of camera-clicking tourists around them, feel like a very distant memory.
Until last year, Cambodia’s biggest temple complex was drawing ever-increasing hordes of tourists keen to follow in Angelina Jolie’s Tomb Raider footsteps. Yet visitors rarely ventured any farther, often flying in and out of Siem Reap as an adjunct to tours of Thailand or Vietnam.