AKP Phnom Penh, January 21, 2025 --  

In separate meetings on Jan. 19-20, 2025 in Johor, Malasia, Minister of Tourism H.E. Huot Hak discussed tourism cooperation his counterparts from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, India, and Japan.

The meetings with Indonesian Minister of Tourism H.E. Ms. Widiyanti Putri Wardhana and H.E. Dato Sri Tiong King Sing, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Arts of Malaysia, focused on the establishment of a joint tourism working group to effectively implement the Memorandum of Understanding, the organisation of the first tourism working group meeting, the promotion of direct flights to major tourist destinations, and the expansion of the promotion of Muslim tourism between Cambodia-Indonesia and Cambodia-Malaysia.

With Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of Korea H.E. Yu Inchon, H.E. Huot Hak discussed the possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding for bilateral cooperation in tourism. They also talked about capacity building of Cambodian tour guides for Korean tourists, more Korean tourism investors to Cambodia, and Cambodia-South Korea direct flight connection.

In the meetings with H.E. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Honorable Union Minister of Tourism and Culture of the Republic of India; H.E. Katsunori Takahashi, Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism of Japan, and H.E. Shi Zhongjun, Secretary General of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), they discussed the strengthening of cooperation in the tourism sector between their countries.

Cambodian Tourism Minister H.E. Huot Hak (R) and his Indonesian counterpart H.E. Ms. Widiyanti Putri Wardhana

Cambodian Tourism Minister H.E. Huot Hak (L) and his Malaysian counterpart H.E. Dato Sri Tiong King Sing

By Phal Sophanith