2016年CRI Luxury Villas Booming in Cambodia

 

The private villas² are holiday homes with a luxury difference.

For about 2,800 US dollars a night, the exclusive villas offer families and small groups the ultimate Temple Town residence.

Recent guests include Angelina Jolie and Michelle Obama.

With vast living rooms, polished wood floors and huge bedrooms, the villas offer a luxury retreat after a day exploring Angkor's famous temples.

Noemie Payumo is Marketing³ Manager of Raffles⁴ Hotel Le Royal and Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor.

"Both measure about 318 square metres. Both have direct access to the swimming pool. Each has two bedrooms, a living room, and both are fully⁵ equipped with modern facilities such as an X-box, Mac 

Books, both have Wi-Fi, 24-hours butler service."

With its clean, modernist lines, the Villa¹ Ni Say has the air of a Palm Springs set of Mad Men, the 1960s-set US television drama.

The villa was built just three years ago and located in the heart of Siem Reap.

It was designed by the French-Cambodian architect Lisa Ros, who says she was aiming to create a modern, comfortable villa while incorporating some traditional Cambodian elements into the design.

"The Villa Ni Say was a private house architectural project and the aim was for it to be as modern as possible both in terms of the space itself and in terms of the comfort level. The constraints⁶ we faced building the house were mostly related to the climate. We are in Cambodia so there is lots of tropical vegetation that we wanted to highlight."

Belgian resident manager Tommy Bekaert says most of the guests are expats who are living in neighboring countries and want to spend some quality time in Siem Reap with their families or friends.

"The villa is perfectly⁷ designed for this kind of gathering⁸ because on the ground floor the spaces are literally⁹ flowing into each other so parents who are sitting in the dining or living rooms can still see what the kids are doing in the pool and garden area and the other way around."

Renting Villa Ni Say costs from 260 to 1,600 US dollars per day depending on the season and how many rooms you need.

But it's not just Siem Reap that is cornering the market in luxury villas.

The Cambodian capital Phnom Penh has several available for holidaymakers to rent.

The leafy Villa Aqua is a welcome oasis¹⁰ from the heat and dust in the heart of the city.

The main attraction is the large tropical garden and swimming pool.

Renting a holiday villa in Cambodia is far from cheap.

Even a one-night stay costs more than most hotels.

Villa Aqua is owned by French businessman Alexis de Suremain, who also owns several other villas and high-end restaurants in Cambodia.

"This little house is, I think, an ideal place for a couple on their own. It's a very romantic house, there's a small, private swimming pool, a garden with extraordinary tropical plants, situated¹¹ close to the royal palace, so I think for travelers who come to Phnom Penh for a few days or one week it's a real safe haven¹²."

The growth of luxury villas like these is deemed as a sign of Cambodia's thriving tourist industry.

Official data shows that the country saw 4.8 million international visitors last year, up from 2.5 million in 2010.

Close to 700-thousand Chinese visited the country last year, making China the second largest source of tourists to Cambodia after Vietnam.

1 villa   

n.别墅，城郊小屋

参考例句：

• We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
• We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。

2 villas   

别墅，公馆( villa的名词复数 )； （城郊）住宅

参考例句：

• Magnificent villas are found throughout Italy. 在意大利到处可看到豪华的别墅。
• Rich men came down from wealthy Rome to build sea-side villas. 有钱人从富有的罗马来到这儿建造海滨别墅。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

4 raffles   

n.抽彩售物( raffle的名词复数 )v.以抽彩方式售（物）( raffle的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Elsa and I will buzz on to the Raffles bar. 埃尔莎和我继续往前去，到拉福尔旅馆的酒巴。 来自辞典例句
• Tudsbury rushed to the Raffles and dictated this hot story to Pamela. 塔茨伯利冲到拉福尔旅馆，对帕米拉口述了这个最新消息。 来自辞典例句

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 constraints   

强制( constraint的名词复数 )； 限制； 约束

参考例句：

• Data and constraints can easily be changed to test theories. 信息库中的数据和限制条件可以轻易地改变以检验假设。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
• What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design? 这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么？ 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

7 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

8 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

9 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

10 oasis   

n.（沙漠中的）绿洲，宜人的地方

参考例句：

• They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
• The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。

11 situated   

adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的

参考例句：

• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
• She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。

12 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。