{"id":15538,"date":"2021-03-05T16:44:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T16:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15538"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:19:02","slug":"travel-ban-imposed-on-cambodia-casino-district-sihanoukville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/travel-ban-imposed-on-cambodia-casino-district-sihanoukville","title":{"rendered":"Travel ban imposed on Cambodia casino district, Sihanoukville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Only ambulances and trucks transporting goods are allowed to go in and out of Cambodia&#8217;s gambling capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- <strong>A travel ban has been imposed on Sihanoukville province in Cambodia<\/strong>, preventing people from entering or leaving the <strong>holiday town and casino hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restrictions have been put in place <strong>to contain an outbreak of Covid-19 infections.<\/strong> The province currently has <strong>85 cases, including some from overseas<\/strong> and some cases traced back to an outbreak in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the travel ban, <strong>only ambulances and trucks transporting goods are allowed to go in and out of Sihanoukville<\/strong>, local media outlets reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report last October found that the number of <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-foreign-visitor-tally-falls-by-72\" target=\"_blank\">foreign visitors<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in Cambodia had plunged, with an <strong>83 per cent decline in arrivals from mainland China.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years,\u00a0<strong>Sihanoukville has attracted Chinese development projects, <\/strong>many of which are <strong>casino resorts<\/strong> as well as<strong> live dealer casino gambling video streaming services.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only ambulances and trucks transporting goods are allowed to go in and out of Cambodia&#8217;s gambling capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A travel ban has been imposed on Sihanoukville, Cambodia, a significant iGaming and casino hub, to contain a COVID-19 outbreak. 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