Cambodia expects to harvest 1.3 billion U.S. dollars from its tourism sector in 2006, the Jianhua Daily on Thursday quoted Deputy Prime Minister Sok An as saying.

More and more visitors are coming into the kingdom, which will bring the sector's income to a record high of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, in comparison with last year's total of one billion U.S. dollars, said Sok An, while inaugurating the Angkor Coex building in Siem Reap on Wednesday.

From January to October this year, Cambodia received 1,322,306 visitors, around 300,000 of whom are from South Korea, 148,672 from China, 151,958 from ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asia Nations) countries and 70,875 from Japan, he said.

Cambodia has become one of the region's most favorite travel destinations, mainly because its consumption level is not so high, he added.

Tourism and garment production are the two major foreign currency earners for Cambodia.

Source: Xinhua