Cambodia

At a glance
Itinerary
Climate & Geography
Population & Language
Notes

Cambodia is a fabulous country and fascinating travel destination.

Discover Cambodia destination, experience the Culture, and find your next inspirational dream trip with our local expert team in the regions. Full of incredible history, beauty, culture and architecture, Cambodia has a magnetic pull that is impossible to ignore. While its famous ancient temples will captivate the imagination and the inner-explorer of all who visit, the warmth and generosity of its people is the country’s true treasure.

Cambodia, the country famous with the Temples of Angkor lies on the south-west edge of Indochina peninsula and is being the hot destination for tourist in Asia. Much more to offer than just Angkor heritage, Cambodia inspires tourists with its beautiful natural setting of golden pristine beaches, peaceful rural scenery and beautiful old colonial cities like Phnom Penh, Battambang, Kampot. Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia attracts tourists with its undeniable charms of both historical legacy and busy style of modern life.

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Geography & Climate

Cambodia covers an area of 181,040 square kilometers in the southwestern part of the Indochina peninsula. Roughly square in shape, the country is bounded on the north by Thailand and by Laos, on the east and southeast by Vietnam, and on the west by the Gulf of Thailand and by Thailand. Much of the country's area consists of rolling plains. Dominant features are the large, almost centrally located, Tonle Sap (Great Lake) and the Mekong River, which traverses the country from north to south and is the 12th longest river in the world. Cambodia's climate, like that of the rest of Southeast Asia is dominated by monsoons, which are known as tropical wet and dry because of the distinctly marked seasonal differences. The monsoonal airflows are caused by annual alternating high pressure and low pressure over the Central Asian landmass. In summer, moisture-laden air - the southwest monsoon - is drawn landward from the Indian Ocean. . The flow is reversed during the winter, and the northeast monsoon sends back dry air. The southwest monsoon brings the rainy season from mid-May to mid-September or to early October, and the northeast monsoon flow of drier and cooler air lasts from early November to March. The southern third of the country has a two-month dry season; the northern two-thirds, a four-month one. Short transitional periods, which are marked by some difference in humidity but by little change in temperature, intervene between the alternating seasons.

Population & Language info

According to the General Population Census of 2011 the total population of Cambodia is estimate 14,805,358, with an annual growth rate of some 2.8 per cent. An estimated 2 million people reside in the capital, Phnom Penh. Other major centres of population include Sihanoukville, Siem Reap, Battambang, Takeo, Kompong Cham and Kompong Thom. Ethnic Khmers make up some 96 per cent of Cambodia's total population. Khmer or Cambodian is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia. It is the second most widely spoken Austroasiatic language (after Vietnamese), with speakers in the tens of millions. Khmer has been considerably influenced by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious registers, through the vehicles of Hinduism and Buddhism. It is also the earliest recorded and earliest written language of the Mon–Khmer family, predating Mon and by a significant margin Vietnamese. The Khmer language has influenced, and also been influenced by, Thai, Lao, Vietnamese and Cham, all of which, due to geographical proximity and long-term cultural contact, form a sprachbund in peninsular Southeast Asia.

Traveling Info

Visa

Visas for Cambodia can be obtained on arrival (payment of US dollars only). Two passport photographs are required. A business visa costs US $25 for one month and can be renewed indefinitely. A tourist visa costs US $20 for one month and can be extended for only one extra month. The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs operates an electronic visa ("e-Visa") facility for tourist visas only. The e-Visa costs US $20. The e-Visa can only be used at the main entry crossings with the immigration IT system. Applications should be made through the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website, where full terms and conditions are also listed, with information on which border entry points accept the e-Visa.

Medical information

The only vaccine required by international regulations is yellow fever. Proof of vaccination will only be required if you have visited a country in the yellow-fever zone within the six days prior to entering Southeast Asia. If you are traveling to Southeast Asia from Africa or South America you should check to see if you require proof of vaccination.

For further up-to-date medical information, please visit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Practical Information

Difference to Central European Time

PeriodTime difference

During winter	+6 hours to Central European Time
During summer	+5 hours to Central European Time

Telephone

The area code of Cambodia is 00855.

The general emergency number in Cambodia is 117.

Money

The official currency of Cambodia is known as the riel and comes in denominations of 50, 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 50,000 and 100,000 riel notes and there is no coin in circulation then. However, distinctive red 500 riel note and the 1000 riel note are the most useful and common while changing 50,000 and 100,000 riel notes can be rather tricky and should be done at up market hotels as well as fancy restaurants and banks.

Although tipping is not compulsory it can make a big difference and highly appreciated. If you're happy with the services provided then some tip is appropriate. It's of great significance to the people who take care of you during your travels, inspires excellent service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry. Although in some hotels or restaurants, a service charge of 5% sometimes put on your bill but this money most likely not going to the pocket of workers. So, if you are happy with service provided, tipping should be given directly to the recipient.

Holidays

For up-to-date national holidays, please visit Cambodia Holiday Calendar.

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