Ezokuvakasha zaseCambodia zibhekane nenkinga yezomnotho kwaze kwawa ngokuwohloka okumangalisayo kusuka eNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Asia, ikakhulukazi iJapan kanye neNingizimu Korea. Ukungezwani kwezombusazwe neThailand nakho kube nomthelela ekwehleni okukhulu kwezivakashi ezingomakhelwane.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisithupha yokukhula okungaphazamiseki - futhi ikakhulukazi ngezibalo ezinamadijithi amabili -, ezokuvakasha zaseCambodia zibone ukwehla kwenani labantu abafikayo engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2009. Nakuba incane ngamaphesenti angu-1.1, ithumele uphawu olukhathazayo njengoba ezokuvakasha zingenye yezindawo ezihamba phambili. inzuzo enkulu kakhulu etholwa uhulumeni kanye nomthombo omkhulu wokuqashwa ngama-Khmer angaphezu kuka-300,000 asebenza ebhizinisini lamahhotela nelezokuvakasha.
Ngokocwaningo, abahambi baseNingizimu Korea, phakathi kwezimakethe ezingenayo eziphezulu zase-Cambodia, behla ngengxenye yesithathu phakathi nesemester yokuqala ka-2009. Izimakethe ezifana ne-Australia, i-China, iThailand noma i-Japan zehla ngezinombolo ezinamadijithi amabili. Ukukhula kwaqoshwa nokho eVietnam -manje eyimakethe enkulu engenayo yaseCambodia-, eFrance, e-UK nase-USA.
Idolobha lase-Siem Reap, lapho kutholakala khona amathempeli ezinganekwane zase-Angkor Wat, lithinteke kakhulu ngokuwa. Ngokwemininingwane evela kwabaphathi bezindiza, isibalo sabagibeli e-Siem Reap sehle kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuMeyi ngamaphesenti angama-25.5, sisuka ku-778,000 saya ku-580,000.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, uPhnom Penh wabona ukuhamba kwabagibeli kwehla ngamaphesenti angama-12.9 ukusuka ku-767,000 kuya ku-667,000. Izinombolo sezithuthuke kakhulu e-Phnom Penh International Airport. Ukuhamba kwabagibeli kwehle ngamaphesenti angu-10.2 kuphela ekupheleni kuka-Agasti.
Ukunganeliseki kwe-Angkor Wat kubonakala emalini engenayo evela ku-Apsara Authorities, ephethe amathempeli. Engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka, imali engenayo evela ekuthengisweni kwamathikithi yehle cishe ngamaphesenti angama-20. Kuzoba unyaka wesibili olandelanayo wokwehla kweziphathimandla njengoba imali etholwa ngokudayiswa kwamathikithi isivele yehla isuka ku-US$32 yaya ku-30 million phakathi kuka-2007 no-2008. I-Thailand kanye nesimo sezulu esibi sokwehla sekukonke.
Khonamanjalo, ezokuvakasha eCambodia zibonakala sezifinyelele umkhawulo. NgoJulayi, umbuso waqopha ukwanda ngamaphesenti ayi-10 kubo bonke abafikayo. Ukwehliswa kwamanani amaningi kanye nezaphulelo emahhotela nasezindaweni eziheha izivakashi, ukuvulwa kwezindawo ezintsha zokuwela imingcele, izindiza eziningi eziya e-Cambodia ngenxa yenkampani entsha yenethiwekhi i-Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) kufanele zinikele ekubuyiseleni ezokuvakasha emgudwini ofanele. Uhulumeni usethembise ukuthi uzoqala futhi umkhankaso kamabonakude eziteshini zaseChina, Japan naseKorea nokubikezela ukuthi ezokuvakasha zizokhula futhi kusukela ngoSepthemba. Ngenhlanhla encane, ingakwazi ngisho nokusula ngokuphelele ukwehla kwayo futhi ibonise ukukhula okulinganiselwe kwabafikayo sekuphelele ekupheleni konyaka.
