Cambodia lowers e-visa prices for tourists

The Cambodian government decided to reduce e-visa fees for tourists and businesses or ordinary people from January 2025.

Tourists visiting the Angkor Wat temple complex, a UNESCO heritage site, in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Photo by AFP

The Cambodian government decided to reduce e-visa fees for tourists and businesses or ordinary people from January 2025.

It said in a news release on Dec. 28 that the fee for tourist type (e-visa T) would be slashed to $30 from the current $36 while that for regular type (e-visa E) would be lowered to $35 from the current $42.

The move aimed to attract more tourists and investors to the Southeast Asian country.

Cambodia is expected to welcome around 6.7 million foreign visitors and 22 million domestic tourists this year, surpassing the numbers recorded before the Covid pandemic in 2019.

Tourism is one of four pillars supporting Cambodia's economy, in addition to garment, footwear and travel goods export, agriculture, and construction and real estate.

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