Direct links between Japan and Cambodia are on the cards this year. The flights to Cambodia are expected to be launched over the next six months after recent talks between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Hideo Sawada, chairman of HIS, a Japanese tourism firm. Direct flights to and from Cambodia will boost tourism, investment and trade between two countries.
An agreement was also signed last December between Cambodia and Japan that ease visa requirements for passport holders from both the countries. In the recent years there is a huge boost in tourism in Cambodia and has become a popular tourist destination for Japan and about 184,833 Japanese went to Cambodia in the first 11 months of 2013 which is a 15% rise from 159,745 in the same period of 2012.
An agreement was also signed last December between Cambodia and Japan that ease visa requirements for passport holders from both the countries. In the recent years there is a huge boost in tourism in Cambodia and has become a popular tourist destination for Japan and about 184,833 Japanese went to Cambodia in the first 11 months of 2013 which is a 15% rise from 159,745 in the same period of 2012.
