Cambodia looks towards Pattaya as role model for tourism

Pattaya Mail : Ariyawat Nuamsawat
"A group of delegates from the Cambodian government visited Pattaya on November 16 with the intention of using the city as a model for tourism developments in their own country.
Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn and director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Region 3 Office Chaiwat Charoensook welcomed the delegation, which included Lock Hour, a minister at the Prime MinisterтАЩs Office, Lock Chay, chief financial chairman of the Cambodian Senate, Madam Charm Horm Sophondee, of the committee for economic and foreign affairs, Somdet Jiasim, acting on behalf of the chairman of the Cambodian senate, and Madam Tep Srichantha, economic advisor.
Lock Hour said that with stability in Cambodia, the government is now turning towards developing various economic sectors. Tourism is an important industry, and Cambodia wishes to see how Pattaya has been developed and if a similar process can be applied.
At present Angkor Wat is the main, and almost the only tourist attraction in Cambodia. Korea at present represents the largest single market. The delegation said, however, that the tourism market is growing at up to 40 percent a year and that the most recent statistics reveal more than two million visitors to the country as a whole."

"Lock Hour said that .... Cambodia wishes to see how Pattaya has been developed and if a similar process can be applied."

A typical Asian understatement to say, no way in Cambodia