Ep 77: A Roadmap For Tourism Reopening in Cambodia, with Nick Ray

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18 Jun 2021 • 41m00s

How do you go from filming Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie at Angkor Wat to writing travel guides for Lonely Planet and producing travel video content for Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism? Pretty easy for Nick Ray, Principal at Hanuman Films, Lonely Planet writer for Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam and an ecotourism consultant with the World Bank.

This week, Hannah and Gary chat all things travel, tourism and film production in Cambodia with Nick, who has lived and worked across the country or over two decades. During this compelling chat, we discuss how Cambodia is preparing a Roadmap for Tourism Reopening in collaboration with private sector travel operators.

We also chat about intriguing developments in domestic travel during the pandemic, opportunities in culinary tourism and the future role of video content in destination marketing.

Plus, we find out how Nick managed to film footage for a BBC TV travel show and a National Geographic series during lockdown, and learn about a fascinating ecotourism project in the the beautiful Cardomom Mountains.

Finally, which inbound markets might Cambodia target for its planned reopening to inbound tourists later in 2021?

Show Notes

Nick Ray’s Linkedin

Lonely Planet Cambodia

Hanuman Films Youtube

Hanuman Films Website

Hanuman Travel Website

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