PHNOM PENH, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has received two prestigious awards, Asia's Leading Culture Destination 2022 and Asia's Leading Youth Travel Destination 2022, from the World Travel Awards, the country's Ministry of Tourism (MoT) said in a press statement on Thursday.

The awards came after some 2 million tourists around the world had voted for Cambodia as a cultural tourism destination and a leading youth tourism destination in Asia for 2022, the statement said.

Thong Rathasak, director general of the MoT's Tourism Development and International Cooperation, received the two awards at a ceremony held at the International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Wednesday, said the statement.

"Cambodia has seen a 580 percent rise in the number of international tourists to nearly 1 million during the first eight months of 2022," Rathasak said in the statement.

Tourism is one of the four pillars supporting Cambodia's economy.

In the pre-pandemic era, the kingdom welcomed 6.6 million international tourists in 2019, generating 4.92 billion U.S. dollars in revenue, according to the MoT. Enditem

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