DATA SPOTLIGHT: Cambodia

14 July, 2020

This year The Blue Swan Daily will feature some of the leading airlines, airports and country markets for air travel. Here, using the extensive profile insights available to CAPA – Centre for Aviation members, we deliver a data snapshot on Cambodia, an emerging Southeast Asian market that has recently seen a strong growth in travellers from China.

It is that reason that the nation has been hit particularly hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and in particular China’s restrictions on international travel. In fact the Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association has forecast Cambodia's tourism industry will recover by 20% if the pandemic is contained by the end of 2020, but could take until 2025 to fully recover.

Pacific Asia Tourism Association Cambodia Chapter chairman Thourn Sinan echoes that view and says Cambodia will need at least four to five years to see tourism growth return to normal levels with the warning that recover levels in 2021 and 2022 may only reach around 30%.

Cambodia's Minister of Tourism Thong Khon says that the domestic market and local travel “will not be sustainable in the long term” and the country’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on ASEAN economies to “establish a clear and prudent rehabilitation plan by introducing scenarios for gradually launching of cross border travel and trade between countries".

AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY

ANNUAL VISITOR ARRIVALS (2010 – 2020YTD)

VISITOR ARRIVALS BY MARKET (2019)

MONTHLY VISITOR ARRIVALS AND SEASONALITY IN DEMAND (2015 – 2020)

SCHEDULE MOVEMENT SUMMARY (w/c 13-Jul-2020)

ANNUAL CAPACITY (2012 – 2020*)NOTE:*the values for this year are at least partly predictive up to six months and may be subject to change.

WEEKLY DOMESTIC CAPACITY (2017 - 2020*)NOTE:*the values for this year are at least partly predictive up to six months and may be subject to change.

WEEKLY INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY (2017-2020*)NOTE:*the values for this year are at least partly predictive up to six months and may be subject to change.