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Cambodia's first PGA-standard golf course
will bring in much-needed tourist dollars to the impoverished
nation, a company official said Wednesday.
Designed by and named after golfing legend
Nick Faldo, the "Faldo Course" will be a boost to Cambodia's
economy by attracting well-heeled tourists, said Adam Robertson,
operations manager at the Angkor Golf Resort.
"By having an internationally acclaimed
golf course in Siem Reap, we will now attract golf travellers, who
generally have a large disposable income," Robertson told AFP.
The 18-hole, 72-par course is located
close to the famed Angkor Wat temple, which sits just outside the
northeastern town of Siem Reap, and was officially opened by Prime
Minister Hun Sen on Saturday.
Tourism is one of the few sources of
foreign exchange for Cambodia and the government is trying to woo
tourists into venturing beyond the World Heritage-listed
temple.
Cambodia recorded about 1.7 million
tourist arrivals in 2006 and the burgeoning sector has injected new
life into a country still recovering from decades of conflict.
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