{"id":16014,"date":"2021-03-18T17:03:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16014"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:00:16","slug":"cambodia-imposes-outbound-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-imposes-outbound-travel-ban","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia imposes outbound travel ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cambodia has announced a ban on outbound travel in a bid to control the rise in Covid-19 cases. Travel to Thailand is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- <strong>Authorities in Cambodia have banned outbound travel<\/strong>, preventing citizens from leaving the country in a bid to control the rise in Covid-19 cases in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The travel ban was announced by Cambodia&#8217;s national police chief General Neth Savoeun, although it was <strong>not immediately clear whether the ban applied only to land borders or to outbound air travel as well.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Savoeun specifically mentioned that <strong>outbound travel to Thailand had been banned.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inbound travel to Cambodia remains restricted<\/strong>, and the land border with Thailand at Poipet is still closed. However, <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ten-casinos-now-open-in-cambodia\" target=\"_blank\">Star Vegas Resort<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on the border has remained open, and the property is trying to attract customers from other markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Savoeun also mentioned that <strong>Cambodia\u2019s provincial authorities would have to take in returning migrant workers if they are Cambodian citizens, and place them in quarantine.<\/strong> Foreigners trying to enter Cambodia illegally by land will be taken into custody and sent back via the same checkpoint zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month it emerged that the country is hoping to initiate a <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-hopes-to-create-travel-bubble-with-select-countries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">travel bubble<\/a><\/em><\/strong> <strong>with China, Japan and South Korea<\/strong>&nbsp;in order to boost international tourism and help initiate a recovery for the country\u2019s gaming industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cambodia has announced a ban on outbound travel in a bid to control the rise in Covid-19 cases. Travel to Thailand is prohibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodia has implemented an outbound travel ban, specifically prohibiting travel to Thailand, to curb rising Covid-19 cases. This measure, announced by General Neth Savoeun, impacts cross-border movement, though properties like Star Vegas Resort remain open, seeking alternative customer bases. Concurrently, Cambodia is pursuing a travel bubble with China, Japan, and South Korea to stimulate international tourism and aid the recovery of its gaming industry.","focusai_entities":"General Neth Savoeun, Star Vegas Resort","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Thailand, Poipet, China, Japan, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) impact on Cambodian land-based casinos, particularly those near borders, given these prolonged travel restrictions and the reliance on cross-border patronage?"},{"label":"Travel Bubble Feasibility?","query":"How will the proposed travel bubble with China, Japan, and South Korea be structured to ensure robust regulatory compliance and mitigate public health risks, and what is the estimated timeline for its operational implementation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[229,512,23907],"class_list":["post-16014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gaming","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16014"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16040,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16014\/revisions\/16040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}