Sihanoukville airport in Cambodia’s main coastal city has reopened in a bid to attract more visitors as part of the government’s open sky policy. The first air link between Sihanoukville and Siem Reap would encourage visitors to extend their stay to enjoy Cambodia’s sandy beaches after touring the temples.

A Soviet-made Antonov-24 plane belonging to a locally owned airline company landed at the Sihanoukville airport following an opening ceremony Jan. 13, said Norinda Khek, spokesman for Societe Concessionnaire des Aeroports, or SCA, a subsidiary of the French construction group Vinci.