Following the near-completion of a brand name brand-new airport 50 km east of Siem Reap, the present flight base near the Angor Wat temple complex will close in October 2023. The Cambodian civil air travel authorities have actually validated that the old airport will no longer be utilized for public flights. Federal government representative Chanserey Vutha stated the brand-new airport, however much even more away, was essential to improve the variety of worldwide flights and to end the ecological damage to the Siem Reap ancient ruins brought on by airplane vibrations and contamination.
The representative included that present traveler numbers are just about 40 percent of the boom year of 2019 throughout which over 6 million immigrants went into the kingdom. As soon as the brand-new airport is functional in October, he anticipated a minimum of 300 flights a week to and from a range of Chinese cities. The US$ 1 billion dollar structure has actually been developed mostly with Chinese loans and grants, directed through the Yunnan Financial Investment Group.
Individually, Phnom Penh is likewise to have a brand-new airport Techo Takhmao International which is set up to open in 2024. Positioned in Kandal province and about 35 km from the city, it will be the ninth biggest worldwide and will include the most recent hi-tech functions for interaction and security. Presently, the primary restricting aspect for worldwide Cambodian tourist is the absence of direct flights from the U.S.A., Europe, Russia and India with many guests transiting in Bangkok. That brake will quickly be raised.
