NEW INTERNATIONAL AIPORT IN SIEM REAP   

NEW INTERNATIONAL AIPORT IN SIEM REAP

Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport opened to commercial operations in the province of Siem Reap in the country’s northwest this week.

The China-funded Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport is now the main gateway to one of the country’s most popular tourist sites, the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Complex.

The new airport, funded by China as part of its Belt and Road Initiative at a cost of about $1.1 billion, was designed to initially handle 7 million passengers a year – 2 million more than REP – and has a 3,600-meter-long runway

Source: Read https://edition.cnn.com/travel/cambodia-siem-reap-airport-angkor-wat/index.html

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