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Cambodia
Cambodia, located in Southeast Asia , occupies a total area of 181 035 square kilometers. The capital is Phnom Penh where about over two million people reside. Cambodia borders to the north by Thailand and Laos, to the east by Vietnam, to the south by Vietnam and the Gulf of Thailand, to the west by the Gulf of Thailand and Thailand. The total population is 13 363 421. The majority are Khmer and the rest are Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Phnorng, Kuoy, Stieng, and Tamil. Approximately, ninety percent of the population embraces in Theravada Buddhism, while the rest people practice Islam, Hinduism and Christianity.

Languages
Khmer is the official language in Cambodia. English is very popular with Khmer people for communicating with foreigners in administrative, commercial, diplomatic, economic, industrial, and tourist affairs.

Local Time
7 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

Currency
The Cambodia currency is Riel that can fluctuate a little if it is compared with a dolor. Riel denominations are 100,000; 50,000; 20,000;l10,000; 5,000; 2,000; 1,000; 500; 200; 100; 50.

Passports
All visitors Cambodia must possess valid passports. Your All visitors Cambodia must possess valid passports. Your passport has to be validated for at least six months after the issued date.

Visas
The visas on arrival valid for a thirty-day stay is specifically granted to each tourist at a cost of US$ 20 and to each businessman at a cost of US$ 25 at the Phnom Penh International Airport, Siem Reap International Airport, and International Border Checkpoints. Visas are also granted at Royal Cambodia Embassies or Consulates in foreign countries. The visa can be extended at the Immigration Department in Phnom Penh City. Indeed, the free visa (K) is expressly granted to the Cambodian living overseas. And for the ASEAN nationals, entry visas in some forms are not required.

Airport Tax
International flight : Each foreigner has to pay US$ 25, and each Khmer Person has to pay US$ 18 at Phnom Penh International Airport or Siem Reap International Airport. Additional, the child below the age of 12 has to pay US$ 13, and the child below the age of 2 does not to pay tax on any airports.
Domestic Flight : Each foreigner has to pay US$ 6 and each Khmer person has to pay US$ 5 at Phnom Penh International Airport or Siem Reap International Airport.

Duty free
The following goods can be taken into Cambodia without incurring customs duty, but goods do not exceed twenty kilograms.

• 200 cigarettes or an equivalent quantity of cigars or tabacco
• A bottle of sprit
• A reasonable amount of perfume

Accommodation
A lot of hotels can easily be found in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap , and Sihanouk Ville. The Five-star deluxe hotels are particularly concentrated in Phnom Penh Capital and Siem Reap Province. Accommodation widely ranges from guesthouses to hotels. In Siem Reap, there are several hotels along the main road between the airport and the town. They will charge you for your accommodation at reasonable prices.

Safety and Security
The Cambodia safety and security are safe and well for tourists and businessmen. Tourists can go around the cities at day and at night. However, you had better care for yourself all the time.

Highlights of Cambodia
Phnom Penh City
Phnom Penh was founded by a rich old lady named Penh, whose house was not far from the riverbank, on a knoll on the eastern side of a small hill. Until 1866, in the region of King Norodom, the capital moved to Phnom Daun Penh again and remains up to the present time, Phnom Penh is the sixth capital after Nokor Phnom, Angkor Wat, Longvek, Srie Santhor, and Udong. The Phnom Penh Capital with over two million inhabitants covers an area of 290 square kilometers. It is seriously considered the major center of administration commerce, communication, culture, economy, education, industry, policy, and tourism for home and world services. The city offers tourists a lot of modern hotels and restaurants with diversified services. Valuable tropical products that can be found here include seafood, freshwater food, fresh fruit, traditional handicrafts and artistic articles.

Royal Palace
Firstly the Royal Palace (formerly known as Preah Barom Reach Veang Chatomuk Mongkul) was erected in the reign of King Ponhea Yat (1434) and secondly it was erected in the reign of King Norodom (1866). Nowadays the Royal Palace is only called “Preah Barom Reach Veang”. It is 402 meters by 435 meters, and its complex is surrounded by a high pagoda-styled compound decorated with the boundary strings. The Royal Palace including magnificent temples built in the traditional style, is regarded as the symbol of the whole nation, and all the pavilions are adorned and painted with yellow and white colors. The yellow represents Buddhism and the white represents Brahmanism.

Silver Pagoda
The Silver Pagoda was erected in the reign of King Norodom in 1892 and inaugurated in 1903. King Norodom’s successor, King Sisowath, who was his younger brother, kept reigning and decorating the inner wall. And then, Prince Norodom Sihanouk restored it in 1962.

Wat Phnom
It is situated on the top of Phnom Daun Penh. It is considered a secret monastery. The Vihara (sanctuary) was rebuilt in 1434, 1806, 1894, and 1926. West of the Vihara is an enormous stupa containing the ashes of King Ponhea Yat reigning from 1405 to 1467.

National Museum
The Cambodia styled building was built in 1917 and inaugurated in 1920. It is located to the north of the Royal Palace. The National Museum can enable you to be more aware of Khmer cultural and historical value and literature through fresoces depicted on the theme of the Ramayana story. Khmer art has been shown since ancient times. It is open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM everyday.

Independence Monument
Erected in 1955, the Independence Monument symbolizes Cambodian Independence regained from French colonialism in 1953. This monument is a copy of Bakong temple (the group of Roluos in the 9th century). The one hundred Nagas and snake motif can be seen in historical, cultural, archeological and business contexts.

Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat, in its beauty and state of preservation, is unrivaled. Angkor Wat is located six kilometers (four miles) north of Seim Reap; south of Angkor Thom. It was built in the first half of the 12th century (1113-50). You can enter and leave Angkor Wat from the west. Its mightiness and magnificence bespeak pomp and luxury surpassing that of a Pharaoh or a Shah Jahan, impressiveness greater than that of the Pyramids, and artistic distinctiveness as fine as that of the Taj Mahal.

Angkor Thom
Angkor Thom is undeniably an expression of the highest genius. Angkor is located 1,700meters (1,554 yards) north of Angkor Wat. You can enter and leave Angkor Thom by the south, north or Victory gates. It was built in the end of 12th century-beginning of the 13th century. It is, in the three dimensions and on a scale worthy of an entire nation, the materialization of Buddhist cosmology, representing ideas that only great painters would dare to portray.

Kohker
Built by King Jayavarman IV in the century, Kohker was the third ancient capital fo Khmer Empire. It may have been the capital for just 15 years. King Jayavarman IV was determined to legitimize his rule through an extensive building program, and left behind 30 major temples and some gargantuan sculpture seen today in Phnom Penh. It is located 80 km north of the Kulen Mount.

Takeo Temple
Built by King Jayavarman V and Suryavarman I from the late 10th century to the early 11th century and dedicated to Hindusim.

Srah Srang (Royal Bath)
It was perhaps a chapel to Kama, God of Love. The spot would suit the temper of the strange power, terribly strong and yet terribly tender, of that passion which carries away kingdoms, empires, whole words and inhabits also the humblest dwellings. Love could occupy this quiet nest embedded in water, which gave the impression that love had come one day and had left there, when he went away, a part of his spirit.

Peah Khan Temple
Peah Khan, for the beguiler, the romancer and the artist, is an entrancing mystery deep in the jungle, sort and alluring in the twilight made by heavy verdure. It had been accessible only to the ardent lover of past days who was gifted with agility. They may have been court-wards where high priests sleepy, but now they are the trees extend to heaven’s drous mass of beauty confusion.