VOA今日美国2023 柬埔寨继续发展沿海大旅游区（在线收听）

Cambodia is making plans to finish developing large tourist areas along its coast on the Gulf of Thailand.

柬埔寨计划完成泰国湾沿岸大型旅游区的开发。

Five years ago, Chinese investors began turning Sihanoukville, a small coastal city, into a large gambling center.

五年前，中国投资者开始将沿海小城西哈努克维尔变成一个大型赌博中心。

But that ended with a ban on online gambling and the COVID-19 pandemic.

但这以禁止在线赌博和新冠疫情而告终。

More than 200,000 Chinese workers had to return home.

20多万中国工人不得不回国。

Casinos closed and construction on many buildings was not finished.

赌场关闭，许多建筑物没有建成。

Now, many people in Cambodia want Chinese investment to return.

如今，许多柬埔寨人希望中国投资回来。

"Many Cambodians want the Chinese investor to return because the property prices are dreadful, and we want the Chinese businesspeople to return to help the market to recover," said Chantha Lack, a private Cambodian investor.

柬埔寨私人投资者占塔·拉克说：“许多柬埔寨人希望中国投资者回来，因为房地产价格太糟糕了，我们希望中国商人回来帮助市场复苏。”

Officials are making plans to complete work on more than 1,100 unfinished buildings in Sihanoukville.

官员们正在计划完成西哈努克维尔1100多座未完工的建筑物。

And they are thinking about ordering developers to either tear down buildings or finish the construction by 2026.

他们正在考虑命令开发商要么拆除建筑物，要么在2026年前完成建设。

Cambodia is also considering a plan to lower taxes and make it easier for people from other countries to come to the area.

柬埔寨还在考虑一项降低税收的计划，让其他国家的人更容易来到该地区。

David Totten is a director of the investment company Emerging Markets Consulting in Phnom Penh.

戴维·托滕是金边投资公司Emerging Markets Consulting的董事。

He said about half of the unfinished buildings have created legal problems relating to ownership and responsibilities.

他说，大约一半未完工的建筑物在所有权和责任方面存在法律问题。

Because it is not clear who owns the buildings, he said there would be difficulty in dealing with claims for the properties.

他说，由于不清楚这些建筑物的所有者是谁，所以在处理这些房产的索赔问题上会遇到困难。

Chinese investment is helping to pay for the development of the Ream Naval base, about 30 kilometers east of Sihanoukville.

中国的投资正在帮助支付位于西哈努克维尔以东约30公里处的里姆海军基地的开发费用。

A new tourist area, called the Bay of Lights, is also under development near the naval base.

在海军基地附近，一个名为“光湾”的新旅游区也在开发中。

The project is expected to be completed by 2028.

该项目预计将于2028年完工。

Harrison White is the editor of Cambodia Investment Review.

哈里森·怀特是《柬埔寨投资评论》的编辑。

He said much more is planned for the area.

他说，该地区还计划建造更多的建筑物。

And he noted that additional construction could last until 2040.

他还指出，额外的建设工程可能会持续到2040年。

"The project's going to be bringing a very large amount of investment, approximately $16 billion, could even be more," he said.

他说：“该项目将会引来大量投资，大约160亿美元，甚至可能更多”。

White said the area's population might grow to 160,000 and that the development might include 330,000 jobs.

怀特说，该地区的人口可能会增长到16万人，开发项目可能会创造33万个就业岗位。

He added there could be three million more tourists visiting the area.

他补充说，可能会有300多万游客参观该地区。

Cambodia wants economic growth to return to pre-pandemic levels, helped by Chinese investors and tourists.

柬埔寨希望在中国投资者和游客的帮助下，经济增长恢复到疫情前的水平。

In 2019, about 2.36 million visitors brought in about $1.8 billion.

2019年，约236万游客带来了约18亿美元的收入。

Cambodia's Tourism Ministry said Chinese investment in tourism-related areas was more than half of total foreign direct investment.

柬埔寨旅游部表示，中国在旅游相关领域的投资占外国直接投资总额的一半以上。

China has also helped pay for highway projects connecting the Phnom Penh capital to Sihanoukville.

中国还资助了连接首都金边和西哈努克维尔的高速公路项目。

"Cambodia is very much in need of appealing to foreign buyers," White said.

怀特说：“柬埔寨非常需要吸引外国买家”。

The country of 17 million people, he added, is surrounded by billions, "with China, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and many more, are looking to enter the market."

他补充说，这个拥有1700万人口的国家被数十亿资金包围，“中国，越南、泰国、菲律宾等许多国家都在寻求进入这个市场。”

I'm Andrew Smith.

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