Share Officers supervise a checkpoint on National Road 6 in Bak Kheng commune of Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district on Wednesday. Hong Menea Travel ban has trouble-free start Wed, 7 April 2021 In contrast to the travel ban imposed around Khmer New Year in 2020, this year only a small number of people tried to beat the deadline and leave Phnom Penh for their hometown after the government banned unnecessary inter-provincial travel for 14-days, according to several provincial officials. Prime Minister Hun Sen on April 6 ordered a temporary ban on inter-provincial travel and the closure of all tourism, leisure and entertainment sites and venues throughout the country from April 7 to April 20 in order to curb the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.