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CAMBODIA – Australian company cements place in island resort boom

earthtimes.org, 9-6-2008

Phnom Penh – Australia’s Brocon Group Ltd cemented its place in the island development boom off Cambodia’s coast, earning formal government approval for its planned 35-million dollar luxury resort, CEO Rory Hunter said Monday. “From July 2007 we had an in-principle agreement, but we have now received official approval on a 99-year [...]

CAMBODIA – Russian company builds bridge for island resort

chinaview.cn, 2008-06-07

The Koh Puos Cambodia Investment Group, a branch of Vironia Enterprises Limited from Russia, has invested 20 million euro (about 31.5 million U.S. dollars) to build a 900-meter bridge from the beach of Sihanoukville to Koh Puos (Snake) Island Resort, officials said here on Saturday. This concrete bridge is one of the main [...]

CAMBODIA – a route that will open up travel to beaches

ttrweekly.com, May 30 2008

Completion of four new bridges on a highway linking Koh Kong on the Cambodian/Thai border should bolster trade and tourism between the two countries. While the highway was completed a year back, the absence of bridges forced travellers to cross four river estuaries by ferry adding at least two hours [...]

CAMBODIA – upbeat about tourism development

tourismcambodia.com, 3-Jun-08

With Sihanoukville as the official location of the 21st Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Tourism Working Group (TWG) and Mekong Tourism Development Project (MTDP) meeting, being held on May 20-21 at the Sokha Beach Resort, Cambodia is upbeat about its amazing tourism development going on. Hosted by the Ministry of Tourism, the event [...]

CAMBODIA – Cambodia’s paradise beach (Sihanouk Ville)

pr-inside.com, 2008-04-27

As Sihanouk Ville takes off as a tourism hub, Cambodia tourism authority and developers say that preserving the natural harmony and health of its beaches and coastline is the a priority. Officials in Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism have echoed concern about pollution as tourism grows in Sihanouk Ville, and say they are [...]