Siem Reap is the epicenter of tourism in Cambodia and received 1.6 million visitors last year which is a 23% increase on 2010 so you can see that this small town has enough guests to satisfy most of the vast hospitality industry which is increasing year on year. The ease of opening a business in Cambodia is far more attractive than the rest of SE Asia so this gives an opportunity to many Westerners to settle here and create something of their own. There are restaurants for all tastes and pockets, varying in quality of product and service, so competition is stiff in our little town.
Hotels should find themselves at the top of this food chain with a captive audience on site during the high occupancy times of the year, however this is not
My blog has been put on the back burner and although I am still inspired daily by all things food, finding moments to put my sausage-like fingers to the keyboard are rare. With D-day in sight I can say, hand on heart, that this will change and dishes and market pictures will be blessing the web in quick succession to this quarterly up-date.Small Contribution. Big Impact.
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