602,570 international tourists visit Cambodia’s famed Angkor so far this year
Phnom Penh, Nov 1: Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park received 602,570 foreign visitors during the first 10 months of 2023, a year-on-year increase of 256 per cent, an official statement said on Wednesday. The ancient site made $27.88 million in revenue from ticket sales during the January-October period this year, a year-on-year rise of 312 per cent, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement issued by the state-owned Angkor Enterprise. In October alone, the park welcomed 63,009 foreigners, earning $2.92 million in revenue from ticket sales, the statement added. The Ministry of Tourism’s Secretary of State and Spokesperson Top Sopheak expressed confidence that the Siem Reap Angkor International Airport, which started its commercial operations on October 16, would attract more international tourists to the Angkor park. Located in northwest Cambodia, the 401-square-km Angkor Archeological Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List of the UNESCO in 1992. (IANS)
US mother who fled to India indicted
for murder of minor son
New York, Nov 1: A US woman, who fled to India in March this year with her Indian-origin husband, has been indicted by a grand jury in the state of Texas for the murder of her missing six-year-old son with special needs. Cindy Rodriguez-Singh boarded a flight to India with Arshdeep Singh and her six other children just before a welfare check at the family’s home in Everman found Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez missing. Police continue to search for Noel, who was last seen in late October or early November last year in a hospital where his twin sisters were born. Witnesses told police that he appeared “unhealthy and malnourished”. Cindy, who “severely abused and neglected” the child, faces charges of capital murder, two counts of injury to a child, and one count of abandoning without the intent to return in the disappearance of Noel, police said. (AP)
