The Chinese firms that owns few sections of Cambodia

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Fifteen years after it started, there is still nothing much to see of the Dara Sakor Seashore Resort located in southern Cambodia.

It is a Chinese company’s magnificent scheme to construct a self-contained tourist city. A Chinese colony which many called it as a place for banqueting and partying, as per the company, complete with deep-sea port, international airport, power stations, casinos, hospitals, and luxury villas.

The airport is still incomplete. An exclusive casino with a fully-devoted five-star hotel and apartments, sits alone close to the sea, faced by a deconstructed road, and enclosed by a construction site.

As a tourist business it has hardly got started. But then it has by now had a destructive effect on one of the richest natural environments of Asia, and on the thousands of other people who reside there.

The economic footprint of China in Cambodia now shadows that of any other country. It offers half of all direct investment and majority of its international aid.

Cambodia is a keen partner in the Belt and Road Initiative. This initiative is the strategy of President Xi Jinping for developing and growing Chinese built-and- financed-infrastructure all over the world. A lot of this is clearly useful.

« Back to Page

• Cambodia Visa Online facilitates visa process for travelers

• Thailand to Lead Schengen Visa Scheme, Unites with Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Vietnam

• River Rafting, River Cruise and Canal Tours boost water tourism

• Cambodia’s unique appeal: Dark tourism and delicacies

• Cambodia records nearly 1 million international tourists