Preah Sihanouk Province recorded 2,959,816 tourist visits in the first six months of 2025. Of these, 2,726,708 were domestic visits and 233,108 were international visits. Visitors travelled to coastal areas and other destinations across the province.
On the morning of August 8, 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Say Samal, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and head of the working group for Preah Sihanouk Province, chaired a meeting to review the province’s work in the first half of 2025 and set its next priorities. The meeting was held at the Cambodian People’s Party conference hall.
Attendees included a senator, a member of the National Assembly representing Preah Sihanouk Province, Provincial Council Chair Vong Phanat, Governor Mang Sineth, members of the provincial council, deputy provincial governors, and municipal and district council chairs and governors.
Opening the meeting, Governor Mang Sineth said the Cambodian government regards tourism as “green gold” and a priority sector. He said tourism contributes to economic and social growth by creating jobs, attracting investment, reducing poverty and supporting related infrastructure, while helping protect the country’s cultural heritage and natural resources. He pointed to the province’s white-sand beaches and clear blue waters, Ream Marine National Park, Koh Rong Marine National Park, Koh Rong Sanloem, seagrass, coral, waterways, mangroves, lowlands, plateaus, mountain slopes, waterfalls, natural forests and biodiversity as attractions for visitors.
The governor added that the province had 564 tourism establishments. It recorded 2,959,816 tourist visits in the first six months of 2025, including 2,726,708 domestic visits and 233,108 international visits.
The governor also pledged his full support for the Cambodian government’s position on resolving border issues and defending sovereignty and territorial integrity along the Cambodian–Thai border under Prime Minister Hun Manet, whose leadership he praised. He voiced full support for Cambodian troops on the front line, commending their courage in confronting what he described as an incursion by Thai forces on the morning of July 24, 2025, in Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, Pursat and Banteay Meanchey provinces.
By: ចិន្តា ទីទិ
