TRAVEL BASICS
Visa:
One-month
visa available on arrival at Pochentong and Siem Reap airports. Cost:
US$20 for a tourist visa and US$25 for a business visa.
Cambodia at a
Glance:
country's current economic
data
Currency:
Riels per US dollar - 4,006 (2007), 4,103 (2006), 4,092.5 (2005)
Current exchange rate:
click here
Weather:
The
average temperature is 27
degree Celsius. Cambodia has a tropical climate with 2 seasons: the
rainy from May to October, the dry from November to April.
Current weather: click
here
Time:
Current
time and weather: click here
Capital: Phnom Penh
Large
Cities: Siem Reap, Preah Seihanu (Sihanoukville)
Border
Countries: border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km,
Vietnam 1,228 km
Airports
in Cambodia:
Telephone:
Country Code: 855
Phnom Penh: 023
Electricity: 220V, 50Hz (unstable supply)
Weights and
measures: metric
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Plan
Your Business Trip: Cambodia
Trip
Journal:
Article on
Tourism
in Cambodia: Tourism
Industry in Cambodia
Cambodian Art:
Cambodian Food:
Khmer
cuisine is similar to Thai, but with fewer spices. A Cambodian meal
almost always includes a soup, and fish. For example, grilled
freshwater fish wrapped in lettuce or spinach and dipped into a nutty
fish sauce. The French influence is best seen in the
daily-baked
bread. Sweet dishes include sticky rice cakes and jackfruit pudding.
Tap water is best avoided. Make sure you have enough supplies
of mineral watater
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Runckel & Associates Service: Visit
Facilitation
- On the Ground
Support
- Site Selection,
Logistics, Licenses for Building and operating Factories in Cambodia
- Sourcing
Products,
Meet the companies
- Assisting
Executive
MBA Programs and Business Groups
Runckel &
Associates
has experienced English-speaking associates on the ground in Cambodia
to
prepare and support your visits: Most
of these associates
have been working with us for 6-8 years during which they have
performed a wide variety of projects with us. This gives you and
your company experience, knowledge, a trusted partner and an advantage
helping you in all aspects of your new endeavor in Asia.
Site
selection and
logistics during the visits: We regularly work with the
major industrial parks, national business promotion agencies and local
specialists on site selection, licenses and permits. We therefore
can arrange meetings and visits that can help simplify your data
collection and help ensure that you are receiving the most accurate
information and are not missing key facts or failing to consider
important information that can make your project more profitable and
more predictable in terms of its success.
Sourcing
products and
visiting factories during the visits:
We are specialists
in assisting companies seeking to produce products or to source
products in all parts of Cambodia. Our specialists in Cambodia
can
help you find the best company to produce and source your product and
visit them.
Assisting
Universitiy's
EMBA programs and business group for trips to Cambodia: Our
study
tour is designed for business schools, EMBA students and business
executives with a view to provide understanding of Cambodia’s business
culture, business organization and management in an Asian
context. Our team of international business, diplomatic and
cultural specialists has a long and rich background in Cambodia.
We arrange for lectures, company visits and tours throughout the trip
to help executives better understand the challenges and the
opportunities that Asia offers.
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Knowing a few words of any language helps to show your business
contacts and people you meet, etc., that you are interested in their
country and seek more than a short-term gain. Here are a few
keywords:
Hello:
Sua sday
How are you?: Naq sok sapbaay cia
tee?
Please: Soom
Thank you: Ar kun
You're welcome: Soom svaakum
Excuse me: Soom Tooh
My name is: Knom cmaah
I understand: Knom yaal
I don't understand: Tee knom min
yaal tee
Please wait: Soom run caam bantac
Good bye: Laa haay
Insight
News for Cambodia: Click
here
Tourist
Attractions in Cambodia
Major Public
Holidays
January 1 International New
Year
January 7 Victory Day on the Genocidal
Regime
March 8 International Women's
Day
April 14 - 16 Khmer New
Year
May 1 International Labor
Day
May 15 Buddha's Birth
Day
May 19 Royal Ploughing
Day
June 21 International Children's
Day
June 8 Queen's Birthday
September 24 Constitution Day & Coronation
Day September 25 Pchum Ben
(Offering to monks)
October 23 Paris Peace Accord
Day
Oct 30 to Nov 1 King's
Birthday
Nov 7-8 Water Festival
Nov 9 Independence Day
Dec 10 International Human Rights Days
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