Cambodia will host an international golf match to attract foreign tourists later this year, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on National Radio Monday.

 

"The event will be broadcasted on TV worldwide. It will be held in Siem Reap province where the Angkor Wat temple locates," Hun Sen said at an opening ceremony of a new golf course which is invested by Thai businessmen in Pouk district of Siem Reap province.

 

"This new golf course club will host the event of international golf match later this year," he added.

 

"I strongly support the event," he said, adding that it will become a rare event in Cambodia.

 

This international golf match will attract more tourists to visit Angkor Wat temple and it will also benefit the economic development of Cambodia, Hun Sen said.

 

In 2006, Cambodia received about 1.7 million tourists, generating approximately 250,000 jobs and US$1.05 billion in revenues, according to official statistics.

 

(Xinhua News Agency April 10, 2007)