The Ministry of Tourism (; ''Krasuong Tesachar'') is a
government ministry
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific se ...
of
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
.
The current Minister of Tourism is Excellency Mr. HUOT Hak.
Functions
The Ministry of Tourism has the following functions and responsibilities:
* Defining and developing tourism policies and the Tourism Development Plan;
* stimulating and encouraging investments in the tourism sector in accordance with national development strategies;
* organizing and controlling the tourism industrial sector;
* organizing and supervising the provision of professional services in the tourism sector;
* organizing, supervising, and maintaining the natural and man-made tourism resorts and tourism development areas in the Kingdom of Cambodia;
* considering and supervising proposals to establish private schools and other vocational training centers serving the tourism sector;
* conducting advertising of tourism fields inside and outside of the country;
* organizing and establishing representatives in foreign countries in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation;
* entering into contracts related to tourism, after an approval in principle from the Royal Government;
* issuing operation licenses to tourism companies, travel agencies, and tourism guides;
* supervising tourism services and other businesses related to the tourism sector;
* inspecting the tourism sector.
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See also
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Government of Cambodia
The politics of Cambodia are defined within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the king serves as the head of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In practice, Cambodia is an authoritarian state, as power i ...
References
External links
Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia
Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...
Law of Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
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