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CAMBODIA: Cambodia receives nearly half million Chinese tourists in 11 months
Cambodia attracted 498,250 Chinese visitors during the first 11 months of 2023, said a report from the Ministry of Tourism released on Monday.
The number accounted for 10.1 percent of a total of 4.91 million international tourist arrivals to the Southeast Asian country during the January-November period this year, the report said.
China was the third biggest source of foreign tourists to the kingdom after Thailand and Vietnam, the report said, adding that some 1.65 million Thais and 920,093 Vietnamese traveled to Cambodia during the above-mentioned period.
Ministry of Tourism’s Secretary of State and Spokesperson Top Sopheak said Cambodia is keen to see more Chinese holidaymakers.
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Memento Maxima Digital MarketingMYANMAR: TNLA seizes Manton, takes full control of Palaung region
After capturing the capital of the Palaung Self-Administered Zone last week, the Ta’ang ethnic armed group has now taken full control of a third town in northern Shan State. . .
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SINGAPORE: New private home sales remained strong in prime district amid slowing demand in 2023
SINGAPORE – Private homes in the prime district have been snapped up faster than those in the city fringe and suburbs in 2023, due in part to a lack of new private residential launches in that region.
From January to September 2023, there were 505 private homes launched in the core central region (CCR), but 1,182 new homes were sold, according to data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). New homes from projects already launched accounted for the additional homes sold.
In comparison, there were 2,747 new private homes sold in the city fringe, with 4,183 units launched. In the suburbs, developers launched 1,803 new homes and sold 1,230 units.
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THAILAND: Tens of thousands affected as floods hit Thailand’s south
A section of rail track subsided by heavy rainfall in Thailand’s southern province of Yala on Dec 25. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
BANGKOK – Floods caused by intense rainfall have affected tens of thousands of people in Thailand’s deep south, officials said on Dec 25, with some roads and railway lines forced to close.
At least a dozen schools in the provinces of Yala and Narathiwat have been forced to close, while footage from the region showed homes and shops inundated with murky brown waters and residents taking refuge on upper floors.
The heavy rain also caused problems at sea, with at least seven boats sunk in the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea since Dec 22.
