rjh

I'd ask again, if you like, in December. Anything before then is just wild speculation, including anything based on government fantasies. It may be possible to buy travel insurance, I suppose.
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Rich

PxC

Cambodia seems to be doing really well with regards to vaccine progress. With current numbers they could have 80% of the population vaccinated within 6-8 weeks. Apart from it being the crappy Chinese vaccines, what am I missing?

NWplatinum

This is exactly what I was thinking. People seem so pessimistic about Cambodia but I think it will be fine by the end of this year?

IAN-UK

Over the last year these forums have been populated with confident posts voicing the conviction that Argentina/Indonesia/Thailand will surely be open by August/end 2020/summer 2001/ ..... and now early 2022.

I mention those countries only because I'm selfish and they are places I'm anxious to get to.

Sooner or later someone will get it right, but so far there are a lot of disappointed people. You could be right about Cambodia and January ......... or you might become one of the disappointed. It seems to me sensible to mitigate potential loss, but If you are OK with the risk, that's fine.

I can't see the point in canvassing support for your position, it won't make a blind bit of difference to the outcome.

The rest of us are not being pessimistic. We're simple saying that nobody knows how things will pan out, and apart from Thailand's whacky sandbox schemes, there's no precedent on which to base assessments. A few of us have had fingers burned: and so urge caution.

NWplatinum

Sorry I wasn’t trying to canvas any support. My goal was to try and speak to people who are in Cambodia and get a sense of what is going on there

IAN-UK

Cambodia has been eyeing the "sandbox' initiatives for the tourism-dense island of Phuket and Ko Samui, where well-heeled visitors jump through hoops to gain access. In particular the governor of Siem Reap province is said to be promoting a similar scheme focussed on packages to Angkor for later this year. This would be high-end tourism facilitated by suitable "quarantine-friendly" hotel infrastructure, and by access through Siem Reap's international airport. SR/Angkor is the honey-pot of Cambodia's tourism, a source of wealth for the exchequer and for the generals.

Maybe the beach resorts in the south could be configured in a similar fashion, but these are not remote in the way SR is, and international access would have to be through Phon Penh.

It seems quite a gamble to bank on general, unfettered tourism before sometime in 2022. It's one of those things I'll be over-joyed to be wrong about!

PxC

The difference between those earlier examples and this, is that those earlier examples were unvaccinated countries, and Cambodia will have completed its vaccine program. When you've done that, there isn't much else you can do but open up, or at least start. There shouldn't really be any need for quarantine, just testing and a vaccination requirement.

IAN-UK

Cambodia has done well, but let's not over-egg it. Somewhere over 40% of the population is double-jabbed, but there's nervousness about the efficacy of the Chinese vaccines against the delta-variant, and talk is of a third dose of AstraZeneca. Here the good news is the low income country get access to COVAX, though it's not clear if they'll have contend with the shaky production coming out of Thailand.

imm2b

Cambodia looks to open for fully vaccinated by end of November.

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096081...YY6Y6lOp4MYYLU

PxC

Only part of it it seems, the rest is January or later..

SanDiego1K

Would you please expand on this? What part is yet this year and when in 2022 do you think the rest of Cambodia will reopen?

IAN-UK

The idea appears to be a phased re-opening on the lines of Thailand (Phuket, Samui) and Indonesia (Bali). The southern beaches will open to foreign visitors by December, with Siem Reap in the new year. Pnomh Penh is anyone's guess: indeed all the details so far announced by Hun Sen could change. It isn't clear if, and how, wider travel within the country will be controlled following entry via the south or through Siem Reap.

SanDiego1K

Very helpful. Thank you so much. We hope to return to Phnom Penh next summer but shall wait and see what the government and Covid permits.

rjh

Looks as if the government is making another try at rescuing Sihanoukville after the previous debacle. Wouldn't go anywhere near it, though, Covid or no Covid. Kampot, Kep, different story.
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Rich

TonyHe

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097058...g-up/?p=970585

Latest news, KH is opening up starting 15/11 for fully vaxx people
Mandatory PCR on arrival and quarantine until results arrive