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Al Jazeera
Health
Danielle Keeton-Olsen

In Cambodia’s Siem Reap, $880m airport faces hurdles to success

Siem Reap's new airport aims to attract 10 million travellers a year by 2030 [Courtesy of Danielle Keeton-Olsen]

Siem Reap, Cambodia – Down a dirt road in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, behind homes and a few sundry shops, construction teams are busy working to transform an empty rice field into an international airport capable of handling 10 million travellers by 2030.

The Cambodian government has touted the Chinese-developed Angkor International Airport project as a boon for the province’s tourism industry, which was suffering from declining numbers of visitors even before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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