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To the Cambodian economy, tourism has been a means for the accumulation of foreign currency earnings and employment for the Cambodian workforce, with about 250,000 jobs generated in 2006. [37] Meanwhile, challenges to the industry include leakage of revenue to foreign markets due to a dependence on foreign goods as well as the prevalence of the ...
Cambodia's reputation as a safe destination for tourism has been hindered by civil and political unrest [186] [187] [188] and several high-profile examples of serious crime committed against tourists visiting the kingdom. [189] [190] [191] Cambodia's tourist souvenir industry employs many people around the main places of interest.
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According to a report by the CDC, as of late 2013, Cambodia's SEZs had attracted US$1.65 billion in total investment from 172 investment projects, most of which were initiated by China, South Korea and Japan, and added 105,000 jobs to the Cambodian economy. [citation needed]
As workers report rampant abuse and torture inside cyber scam mills, pressure is building on Cambodia to do something. But critics say the industry generates too much money for the ruling elite to ...
During the 1880s, along with southern Vietnam and Laos, Cambodia was drawn into the French-controlled Indochinese Union. For nearly a century, the French exploited Cambodia commercially, and demanded power over politics, economics, and social life. During the second half of the twentieth century, the political situation in Cambodia became chaotic.
The Cambodian Chinese business community has been backed by the Cambodian political elite as much of the country's economic vitality depends on Overseas Chinese entrepreneurs and investors and the pouring of mainland Chinese investment capital for job creation, which has also added to the globalized aggregate value-added investment chain in the ...
Phnom Penh [a] is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia.It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre.