Thong Khon

This is a Cambodian name; the family name is Thong.
His Excellency
Thong Khon
Minister of Tourism
Assumed office
30 November 1998
Prime Minister Hun Sen
12th Governor of Phnom Penh
In office
1985–1990
Preceded by Keo Chenda
Succeeded by Hok Lundy
Personal details
Born (1951-11-23) 23 November 1951
Political party Cambodian People's Party

Thong Khon (Khmer: ថោង ខុន; born 23 November 1951) is a Cambodian politician. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Kampong Thom Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003.[1]

Thong Khon is currently Minister of Tourism in the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism.

On 22 June 2016, on the rostrum of World Best Tourist Destination award [2] for Cambodia he announced a new tourism policy for the Kingdom targeting 7 million tourists arrivals per year until 2020.[3]

The main features of the Kingdom New Tourism Policy are based on promoting Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom as special cultural destination coupled with promoting the sea front of Cambodia for leisure and sea related activities.[4]

References

  1. "Election results". Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.
  2. "European Tourism News".
  3. "ASEAN"
  4. "World Best Tourist Destination"
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