Cambodia e-Visa Blog

Cambodia will seek to increase direct flights from China and EU nations to boost its booming tourism industry, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said.

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Preah Vihear , also known as Prasat Khao Phra Wiharn in Thai, is an ancient temple adjacent to the border between Thailand and Cambodia.

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Cambodian government will develop the Preah Vihear temple near the border with Thailand into a tourism spot in an effort to reach the goal of attracting 3 million tourists annually by 2010, local press reported Tuesday.

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Pub Street in the Old Market area is the de-facto district for nightlife. Pubs, clubs and bars are packed together, blasting contemporary music with signs outside promoting “happy hour”. Most of them stay open until at least midnight and the last bars can be open past 4am.

Funky Munky
www.funkymunkycambodia.com
Tel: 012 1824 533
Open: Midday – Late
(Closed on Monday)

Angkor What? Bar
Tel: 012-490755
Open: 6pm – 3:30am

Find out more about Siem Reap club and pub

Our friends Barbara was so excited to share with us her fresh-baked Travelogue! She has enjoyed her trip very much, and we share the excitement with her as we browse through her blog.

Ps, read our interview with Barbara

We’ve just added a new story received from our visitor, M.J. Krishna. He and his wife traveled to Cambodia with e-Visa and experienced with an “unfriendly” Cambodian border officials in Poipet. Read full story.

If you found this story interesting and would like to share with your friends, you can send it as postcard!

Travel agent, Mary Lou with her tour group in Angkor Wat

Archaeological Tours enter Cambodia with a group of 23 traveler on 25 Jan 2008. Mary Lou, Archaeological Tours travel agent used Visa Agent system to apply e-Visa for large group of travelers. Visa Agent system is designed to help travel agents in applying e-Visa for their tour groups. We are glad to take over the hassle of travel agents and hope to make Visa application to Cambodia easier and faster. Travel agent can register yourself now!

Click here to read feedback from the previous travel agent.

It was a true surprise receiving the e visas of your country for my wife Ann and I. We had filled in the forms during the weekend, and early on Monday we were delighted to receive the acceptance from you! We were ready to wait for “three working days” as specified by you in your application. In the past 27 years of global travel as a writer, I have not come across, at the outset, such a visitor-friendly and welcoming country like yours. I hope that other “advanced” countries take your cue and follow in your footsteps.

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This is to greet you all on the occasion of World Friendship Week. We would also like to wish one of your border guards at Poiphet, whom we had to pleasure to meet when my wife Ann and I were on a short tour of Cambodia last summer. It was the Cambodian border official who, last year, made our South Asian travel truly memorable. We had got our E-visas for Cambodia before leaving India, and after flying to Bangkok, traveled by train to the Cambodian border town of Poiphet. During the train journey, “experienced” western visitors cautioned us about the “tough time” we would have with “unfriendly” Cambodian border officials, advising us to keep extra dollar bills with us, “just in case”…

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One of the travelers would like to share his experience in Poi Pet.

I recently visited Cambodia and I wish to report an unpleasant experience I had during my entry. I entered the country at Poi Pet on 20/Dec, after taking the train from Bangkok to Aranyaprathet.Because I didn’t have a Visa, I went to the Visa Office to get one. On my way there, I was approached by several touts, but I turned them all away because I’ve always liked to do things professionally and not be a victim of scams.When I got there, I went to grab a form, but before I could do that,someone dressed with a yellow polo shirt handed me one.Then, I sat down at the chairs to fill the form and an immigration police officer offered me a seat next to his desk, located around 10 meters from the office counter. I kindly rejected and sat by myself.

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Picture courtesy of Tom Chandler / Monash University

The capital of a Khmer state that flourished between the ninth and fifteenth centuries, Cambodia’s Angkor is one of the most intensively studied sites in the world. But it continues to inspire more questions than answers, the most fundamental being why the sophisticated Khmer Empire collapsed. In 2007, research into the mysteries of the world’s largest preindustrial city reached a milestone with the completion of a 10-year mapping project, which yielded clues suggesting that the sprawling metropolis may have collapsed under self-induced environmental pressures related to overpopulation and deforestation.

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One of our applicants is kind enough to show us how to remove white space for the photo you’ve scanned. He sent us the video and we’ve uploaded to our Youtube account in order to share with other applicants. This video shows us how to remove white space, resizing and also save into acceptable format for e-Visa application.

Cambodian New Year or Chaul Chnam Thmey in the Khmer language literal translation “Coming of the New Year”, is the name of the Cambodian holiday that celebrates the new year. Cambodian New Year is celebrated every year in the middle of the month of April and the holiday lasts for three days, most commonly, from April 13th to 15th. Sometimes the holiday falls between the 14th to 16th of April. This time of the year represents the end of the harvesting season. The farmers enjoy the fruits of their harvest and relax before the rainy season begins.

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Do you have anything to say about the following hotels and guesthouses? Share your experience with other travelers.

• Amanjaya Pancam Hotel
• Angkor International Hotel
• Anise Hotel & Restaurant
• Asia Palace Hotel
• Boddhi Tree
• Boddhi Tree Aram Boutique Hotel
• Bogie & Bacall
• Bougainvillier Hotel
• Bright Lotus GuestHouse
• Burly GuestHouse
• Café Freedom and Lodge
• California 2 GuestHouse
• Cambodiana Hotel
• Capitol GuestHouse
• Dara Reang Sey Hotel
• FCC Hotel
• Flamingos Hotel
• Golden Gate Hotel
• Goldiana Hotel
• Grand View GuestHouse
• Himawari Hotel
• Holiday International Hotel
• Holiday Villa Hotel
• Hope and Anchor Hotel
• Imperial Garden Villa & Hotel
• Indochine 2 Hotel
• Indochine Hotel
• InterContinental Hotel & Resort
• Juliana Hotel
• La Parranda Hotel
• Last Home GuestHouse
• L’Auberge des Jardins d’Orient
• Le Deauville V
• Le Lyon D’Or
• L’Imprevu
• Lucky Ro Hotel
• Nan Jing Hotel
• Nay Nay Star GuestHouse
• Nice GuestHouse
• Nordic House
• Number 9 Sister GuestHouse
• Pacific Hotel
• Paragon Hotel
• Paris Hotel
• Phnom Penh Hotel
• River Star Hotel & Tour
• Rory’s Pub and GuestHouse
• Scandinavia Hotel
• Sky Park GuestHouse
• Spring GuestHouse
• Sunway Hotel
• Tai Ming Plaza Hotel
• Top Banana GuestHouse
• VIP GuestHouse
• Walkabout Hotel
• Wolly Rhino GuestHouse

Read this interview with Barbara and Glenn Halliday, traveling to Cambodia on their recent trip!

1. Can you share with our readers more about you, etc?

We live in Salem, Oregon, USA. My husband, Glenn, and I have been retired since 1985, and we enjoy traveling both in and outside of the United States. I am 76 years old; my husband is 80. Our other main hobby is photography and on this trip we probably took 1200 digital photos!

2. How do you find out about e-Visa?

Our son found your website and told us about it. We used the Internet a lot to make arrangements for this trip and to learn more about Cambodia and the temples of Angkor. We were very impressed with the e-Visa website, and also went to many of the links from that website. Our son has been to Cambodia twice before, visiting Siem Reap and Angkor in 1996 and 1997. He traveled to many other parts of Cambodia on his earlier trips. This time, he was our guide and we only visited Siem Reap and the temples of Angkor Wat.

3. Is this your first trip to Cambodia? What attracts you most?

Yes, this was our first visit to Asia. We stayed in Singapore for two days, but our main purpose was to come to Cambodia to see the marvelous Archeological Park at Angkor. We are very interested in Archeology, and are members of the Archaeological Institute of America. Our son was very impressed with the temples at Angkor on his earlier visits, and he wanted us to see them too.

While the Angkor temples were what attracted us, we found that many other things we had heard about Cambodia were not true. Like many other people in the USA, we only have heard of the very sad events of the 1970’s and we did not expect to find beautiful hotels, excellent food, and most of all, people who were so kind and pleasant. This was a wonderful surprise, and we will certainly tell our friends that if they are lucky enough to go to Cambodia they will have a great experience and find that the country is very “tourist-friendly.” Our son, who first visited Cambodia 12 years ago said he could not believe all the changes, for the better.

4. Please rate your computer skills

I think our computer skills are above average. My husband was one of the first people trained to be a computer programmer in the USA–in 1952. Before I retired, I worked with the early forms of PC’s. We have owned PC’s since we retired and use them for keeping financial records, genealogy research, general writing, etc. We have broadband Internet service, and also use “Skype” –an Internet phone service to stay in touch with our family who often travel to other continents. I have a website where I post stories about our travels, my family history, etc. I have learned some basic website design skills and use “Dreamweaver” to make my web pages.

5. What makes e-Visa website easy for you?

Your instructions were VERY clear and easy to follow. The instruction for uploading our photographs for the visas was the best I’ve ever seen. Everything on your website worked smoothly. We were very impressed with the high level of technology used in your website. Also, the English text was very understandable.

6. Do you have any problems making payment by Paypal?

We are familiar with Paypal–my husband has used it frequently in connection with E-Bay transactions. However, we used a credit card, not our Paypal account. I think it was just handled by Paypal, but apparently it worked just fine.

7. What changes would you like to see on the system and procedures?

I can’t think of any improvements, but I wish more websites in the USA were as good–especially those of our governmental agencies.

8. How would you compare applying a travel visa with Cambodia e-Visa system with other countries’ travel visa you has applied?

I don’t believe I’ve ever personally applied for a visa before. I think perhaps a travel agent obtained a French visa for us once–and it took more than a month! Most of the places we have visited do not require visas. However, our son travels widely and he, too, was very impressed with your e-Visa system. He said it was the easiest visa he ever got.

9. Do you think that by having e-visa, it will attract more visitors to visit Cambodia?

Yes, it should make it very easy for visitors to obtain their visa ahead of time. And it tells visitors that your country is very capable in using Internet technology.

“As far as anything to report on Cambodia, all I can say is, don’t walk, RUN to Cambodia for it will be the most wonderful experience of any traveler’s life!!! I can’t praise it enough . . just magical!! I’ve traveled all over the world and Cambodia has made the most lasting impression on me! I can’t wait to go back one day and discover more of this wonderful country!” said Dale

This week, we have just launched the brand new and improved version of Visa Approval System. Everyday, support team approves hundred of applications. Our standard, three working day of Visa processing time can now be greatly reduced.

Thanks to the new system, we wish our support team can give you the best experience before entering Cambodia.

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4 years ago I came to Cambodia for the first time with a friend and we both fell in love with the country and decided to buy a house. Finally we bought land in Siem-Reap and built a house on it. June 2006 my wife an I went to PP to buy some furniture for the house and because we had some time left, our driver who is also working for a orphanage, asked us if we wanted to visit his orphanage about 40km outside PP.

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First of all, I was most impressed on the speedy and uncomplicated delivery of my e-visa. You realize of course, that not everybody has a scanned passport photo or has it at hand when applying and does not necessarily want to give the credit card-number online!! These facts limit, unfortunately, the number of applications.

Upon my arrival at Phnom Penh airport, I passed immigration within 5 minutes, the immigration officer being fully aware and knowledgeable about e-visa procedures. With me, there were 3 more visitors who are using e-Visa as well. All other travelers of the plane stood in line at a special counter for their visa to be attributed.

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We mentioned before in our previous post, Shin, our e-Visa friend recently launched his new book to share his musical journey. He is kind enough to send us a copy of his recent work to us. We would like to say thank you for the book and also featuring e-Visa in it.

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