Ministry of Tourism (Cambodia)

Functions

• Defining and developing tourism policies and the Tourism Development Plan;
• stimulating and encouraging investments in the tourism sector in accordance with national development strategies;
• organizing and controlling the tourism industrial sector;
• organizing and supervising the provision of professional services in the tourism sector;
• organizing, supervising, and maintaining the natural and man-made tourism resorts and tourism development areas in the Kingdom of Cambodia;
• considering and supervising proposals to establish private schools and other vocational training centers serving the tourism sector;
• conducting advertising of tourism fields inside and outside of the country;
• organizing and establishing representatives in foreign countries in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation;
• entering into contracts related to tourism, after an approval in principle from the Royal Government;
• issuing operation licenses to tourism companies, travel agencies, and tourism guides;
• supervising tourism services and other businesses related to the tourism sector;
• inspecting the tourism sector.