Cambodia-China cultural tourism exhibition to take place at famed Angkor complex next week

A Cambodia-China cultural tourism exhibition is scheduled in the northern part of Bayon Temple in Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park, said the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism in a statement released on Saturday.

According to the statement, a joint martial arts show titled “When Shaolin Meets Bokator at Angkor Event” will be interspersed with the event at the cultural site in Cambodia’s northwestern Siem Reap Province.

Organized by the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the Siem Reap Province and China’s Henan Province, the exhibition serves as part of implementing the Cambodia-China People-to-People Exchange Year 2024, it added.

“The event aims to jointly promote tourism between Siem Reap province and Henan province, featuring a joint performance between Shaolin and Bokator,” the statement said.

The ministry said it is confident that the event will contribute to attracting more Chinese people to visit and invest in Cambodia, and to the successful implementation of the Visit Siem Reap 2024 campaign and the Cambodia-China People-to-People Exchange Year 2024.

The Cambodia-China People-to-People Exchange Year 2024, a significant initiative launched in January, is aimed at further deepening the friendship between the two peoples.

Cambodian Tourism Minister Sok Soken said the Southeast Asian country received 5.4 million international tourists, including some 540,000 Chinese tourists, in 2023.

“I’m strongly confident that the Cambodia-China People-to-People Exchange Year 2024 will become a new driving force to attract more Chinese tourists and investors to Cambodia, contributing further to deepening the bonds of friendship between the peoples of the two countries,” he said. Xinhua