PHNOM PENH, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's tourism earned a gross revenue of 3.87 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, up 6.6 percent from 3.63 billion dollars a year earlier, said a Ministry of Tourism's official report on Wednesday.

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The revenue last year was on the rise, although the number of international tourists to the Southeast Asian country dropped almost 17 percent to 5.57 million last year from 6.7 million in the year before, the report said.

The tourism industry has created 420,000 direct jobs, the report added.

Tourism is one of the four pillars supporting Cambodia's economy in addition to garment, footwear and travel goods export, agriculture, and construction and real estate.

Tourism Minister Huot Hak said recently that Cambodia is a safe and warm tourist destination.

"Strict measures have been continuously implemented to prevent and suppress all forms of crime, particularly online scam activities, in order to ensure safety and strengthen confidence among tourists," he said.

Cambodia currently has five UNESCO-listed world heritage sites, namely the Angkor Archaeological Park, the Temple of Preah Vihear, the Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, the Koh Ker archaeological site, and the Cambodian Memorial Sites.

Besides, it has a pristine coastline stretching for about 450 km in the four Southwestern provinces of Preah Sihanouk, Kampot, Kep, and Koh Kong.