Stay Another Cambodia’s third edition booklet was released at Cambodiana Hotel today after its success in the previous years. The 75-page-publication, which aims to promote Cambodia’s tourism, is a cooperation work between Ministry of Tourism, Economic Today Magazine (ETM), and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Technical Cooperation) or GTZ.

The booklet’s cover photo, a young Khmer woman in Koh Dach (an island 15km north of Phnom Penh), was taken by travel photographer Nathan Horton.

In its welcome message, Minister of Tourism’s Dr. Thong Khon encourage travelers and visitors to:

• Dine at local restaurants hiring and training disadvantaged youth;
• Visit shops participating in fair trade and employing disabled artisans;
• Observe and/or participate in various cultural activities on offer;
• Be adventurous and visit a new ecotourism project; and/or
• Volunteer your time or donate money to NGOs doing valuable work for the people of Cambodia.

Travel report:
According to an official report on the ministry’s Internet site, the average length of stay for visitors in Cambodia is 6.65 days. In 2008, there were 2,125,465 tourists from across the continents arrived Cambodia.

The booklet, with comprehensive information of its initiative’s partners that play vital roles to support the community culture and environment, hopes to convince travelers to extend their trip in the Kingdom of Wonder, and go beyond Siem Reap’s Angkor Wat.

At the time of writing this blog-post, Stay Another Cambodia‘s web site is still under construction.