Thong Khon

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Thong. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Khon.

Thong Khon (Khmer: ថោង ខុន; born 23 November 1951) is a Cambodian politician. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Kampong Thom Province in the National Assembly in 2003.^[1] Thong Khon is the current Minister of Tourism.

His Excellency Thong Khon
ថោង ខុន
Khon in 2019
Minister of Tourism
In office 30 November 1998 – 22 August 2023
Prime Minister	Hun Sen
Succeeded by	Sok Soken
Governor of Phnom Penh
In office 1985–1990
Preceded by	Keo Chenda
Succeeded by	Hok Lundy
Personal details
Born	(1951-11-23) 23 November 1951 (age 72)
Political party	Cambodian People's Party
Alma mater	National Economics University (PhD) University of Health Sciences (MD)

On 22 June 2016, on the rostrum of World Best Tourist Destination award^[2] for Cambodia he announced a new tourism policy for the Kingdom targeting 7 million tourists arrivals per year until 2020.^[3]

The main features of the Kingdom New Tourism Policy are based on promoting Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom as special cultural destination coupled with promoting the seafront of Cambodia for leisure and sea-related activities.^[4]

References

1. "Election results" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.
2. "European Tourism News".
3. "ASEAN"
4. "World Best Tourist Destination"