5.57 million international tourists visited Cambodia in 2025, down from 6.70 million the year before — the sector's first real contraction since the pandemic. The Ministry of Tourism's annual report points to a near-single cause: the collapse of overland arrivals through the Thai border, closed since June 2025 amid military tensions. Air travel, boosted by the new Techo International Airport, held up well, and domestic tourism, up sharply, cushioned the blow in provinces spar

Brigitte has moderated the Facebook group "Expats in Cambodia" for four years. She's never met most of its 47,812 members. She does, however, know exactly where to find the best comté in Phnom Penh, down to the gram.

One summit, six satellite events, roughly ten days, and a bill estimated at between €50 and €100 million: by hosting the Francophonie's heads of state and government in mid-November, Cambodia hopes to turn a ceremonial gathering into a profitable investment. But by trying to fit a political summit, economic fairs, bilateral forums and a cultural showcase into the same ten-day window, is Phnom Penh risking diluting the very attention it's trying to capture? Tourism, business,

Overlooking the gorgeous island of Phu Quoc and Bokor Mountain, La Villa De La Plantation in Kampot offers the most charming accommodation..

The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) has just published a bilingual Khmer-English book devoted to the life of Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Prepared for her 90th birthday, it retraces nearly a century of Cambodian history lived alongside King Father Norodom Sihanouk. Its release also revives a question that goes beyond tribute: whether her legacy, now inseparable from that of the nation, deserves legal recognition of its own.

As part of the 20th Francophonie Summit, the French Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (CCIFC) and the Foreign Trade Advisors of France (CCEF Cambodia) announce the France-Cambodia Business Forum (FAFC) 2026, to be held on 16 and 17 November 2026 in Phnom Penh.

Last night, the Sun & Moon Riverside Hotel in Phnom Penh played host to an evening like no other. Under traditional Khmer music, more than 500 guests — officials, entrepreneurs and friends of the cause — gathered for the 12th edition of the Airavata Foundation's gala dinner, held in support of elephant conservation in Cambodia. Between traditional dance, a live auction and an outpouring of generosity, the evening once again proved a resounding success for the foundation.

A painkiller that isn't one. An antimalarial with no active ingredient. An antidiabetic drug sold on Facebook, with no authorisation and no oversight. In Cambodia, the fake medicine trade never truly disappeared — it just moved, from market stalls to social media. Figures, recent seizures, the state's response: a look at a public health threat that hits patients directly.

Exports are breaking records. Foreign investment keeps flowing in. Public debt stays low. But tourism has collapsed, inflation has quintupled in three months, and millions of households are sinking deeper into debt. Two economies coexist in Cambodia. Here's why.