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Angkor Sangkranta, Siem Reap’s largest cultural festival held
over Khmer New Year, raked in a total income of $95 million on the back
of 1.6 million domestic and international visitors, a 23 percent
year-on-year increase, state news agency AKP said yesterday.
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The report quoted Minister of Tourism Thong Kong who said that total
visitors continued to increase steadily while international visitors
topped out at 31,800, up almost 8 percent from the year before.
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The festival, held near Angkor Wat, was the fifth year in a row to be organised by the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia.
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