We are the local people we don’t want the island to have invested as Sihanoukville by the Chinese

@OccultistKH

2 ай бұрын

We already got worst lesson in Sihanouk!

@kimlol3599

2 ай бұрын

We can’t do anything because our government chose to let Chinese investors in

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

I hope Koh Rong always stays a paradise 🙏

@Katcom111

2 ай бұрын

It's the government. If you are commoner they just don't care.

@spaceship7011

2 ай бұрын

@@Katcom111 im half cambodian myself, honestly they will pay for their mistake. one day siem reap will be the only place for tourism. surely shouldve learned that sihanoukville is not a holiday spot anymore.

Good and prayers for Koh Rong and Cambodia…

I went to Koh Rong in 2010. It looked very different and was much more authentic. We stayed on the beach, there were no restaurants, no shops, only fishermen and some basic bungalows by the beach, no electricity. What we paid to stay in the bungalow included food, which were cooked by the fishermen. It was paradise. I can't believe it looks like this today 😢 and even worse if Chinese investors are going to turn this into Disneyland Casino. I hope Cambodians do something about it and keep this island calm.

@hf..7271

2 ай бұрын

God forbid and God shall prevail !!!

Thank you brother to promote Koh Rong Khmer❤❤❤❤

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thank you too for watching ❤️

Koh Rong will be developed by local conglomerates, Royal Group.

Brilliant as always - a nice variety of feedback from both tourists and expats interviewed gave us a much broader feel for what the island has to offer and the changes there over the years. Very informative mate. Julien of France my favourite on this one. Cheers Chai .🍻🤩

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Steven! Haha yeah I caught his down under laid back vibes straight away :P the champ! cheers!

Best sunset we’ve had ever seen from the stunning Sok San Beach. We were there for a few days last week. I totally agree with the lady on the lack of good restaurants on the island. Koh Rong was amazing. Sihanoukville, not so much, which is sad. I’d like to see one more affordable luxury resort on Sok San Beach that is just one step below The Royal Sands Resort price wise (between $200-$300/night). Right now there is the expensive Royal Sands and the rest that is just average or well below average.

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Sol San is just stunning 😍 the most beautiful side on the island I reckon. Thanks for watching

Welcome to cambodia 🙏🥰🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🇰🇭

On the island now my 5th time. I love it here a great place to relax and get some beach time. The food is hit and miss but I know which restaurant to avoid now.

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Ah good one Mark. Make the most of it 😃 thanks again

Great ! Very interesting to have these lot of variety of feedback !Also very exciting to see and hear your feedback about Myanmar ! Perfect and very nice video ! Next trip to Cambodia in June .

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Exiting times ahead of us 🤩

So agree with your first interviewed lady! Europe is no good, hope you all have a great time!

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

I hope Europe will be better soon

@veronicamarthinsen6951

2 ай бұрын

@@Chai_Travel We will rather go to Southeast Asia, also filming! So we will be coming in November I think :D SE Asia is much better :P

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Nice! Exiting times ahead. Stay in touch

I just wish that cambodia will soon finally get a properlly political so that we can take more easily in responsibility😥

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

🙏

Another fantastic video. Outstanding KZreadr. Best part are the interviews with people. Thank you 🙏

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! :D Thanks for the compliment

my first time i was there in 2017 during rainy season and at this time there wasńt many tourist on the island. The most beautiful thing was to walk from on beach(Coconut beach to the Village) to another through the jungle above the beaches. There was no road up there, only a path surrounded by wonderful green nature. Now i guess it´s not the same anymore and this makes my sad because the island is really a beautiful and calm place. I keep it in mind how it was then.

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

You keep that memory for ever Saskia :) I'm happy to hear you had such beautiful experience here in South East Asia. It's still a wonderful island and in my next upload I'd like to show you the current state of the island. It's still paradise, but with more development 😅 Thanks for sharing your story

Koh rong❤ 😍 nice video chai and Thanks for the changes in video giving names on the side of the video above subtitles, really appreciated , i wish this beautiful place to be as natural as it is, thanks for covering up

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Haha thanks mate! I’m glad you said something about it! Cheers

Investment in sihanoukville is investment in the Techo Canal which will improve Phnom Penh and the rest of Cambodia.

Good one brother. Did many trips to Cambodia back in the day. Cheers from Northern Sri Lanka!

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks brother. Nice! I’ve only been East, South and West Sri Langka. Have fun and take care

I think it is important to make it more liveable in Koh Rong with clean water, electricity, and rubbish management. We cannot stay the same. Not all development is bad.

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Definitief. Work in progress:)

@mezzanine3362

20 күн бұрын

but chinese development is always. cambodians doing nearly nothing by themselfs. this is the major problem...

Great video my friend - certainly everyone is nervous about development , I think it will stay the same for now - quality people & a beautiful spot 🤩👍😃👋😎

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah tbh I expected it to be more of a construction site. Maybe covid slowed it all down 🤷‍♂️ the airport will make this island very busy so I’d recommend giving this island a visit within the next two years (if you can) 😁 thanks mate

Very beautiful

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

It is interesting... We all search for "unspoiled" and authentic places, yet when too many of us go there, it tends to lose the very thing we came for. I guess there is no solution for that, other than to try to respect where you travel to without seeking to change it. "Leave no footprint" as some say. Sad to hear the Chinese investment has ruined the first city you mentioned. Excellent interviews as always!

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Cheers mate. Leave no footprints is the way :) I’ll have a look at your channel now!

Congratulations Chai ❤ 58000 subscribers with 500 videos wow 🤩❤✌😊👍

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😃 haha the 500 do includes shorts but ey, I try to keep them coming 😊

Let’s visit Koh Kong island. Not the beach but amazing nature

Thanks brother and sister you are the best ❤️ Cambodia.thank

The insatiable greed of Chinese investors has turned Sihanoukville into a "sad-look ville !!!" And I fear they will turn Ko rong into a "Koh wrong" in their tireless greed for money......😔😔😪😪😪

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Indeed, though who knows what it looks like in a decade

@jadej51

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 sadly true my friend

New to the channel 🎉 subscribed instantly cause i know travelling videos are bangers

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Haha thanks mate. Welcome the this channel 😃

@ThatOneCambodian

2 ай бұрын

@@Chai_Travel No problem

Bravo Magda❤ Hravatica❤ she planned two weeks staying at Koh Rong, but still staying there long time from January n now April May, wondering how long more she will be there?

I agree with last guy .

Chai thak you so much

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching 😊

អគុណ❤❤

100% are going to generate more income for the local with the airport on the island. And definitely be on the new idea don't get stuck with old get in with new nobody can go wrong with more tourist pouring in.

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Yeah there is two sides of the coin I’m afraid. Life will get more expensive there as well. Hopefully the Khmer people will benefit most from this

Sadly the writing's on the wall for Koh Rong with that airport being developed, go now if you haven't been 😅

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Go now is the best advice:) thanks for watching again 😊

@Jack-2day

2 ай бұрын

Secound that, i was on Koh Samui before the airport in “80. This will change everything even quicker in todays world.

@TheBureauAsia

2 ай бұрын

@@Jack-2day Wow, that's a while back!

Nice Video, thanks!!! Are there no ferries that run directly between Koh Rong and Phu Quoc?

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! There are not as there's no immigration office on the island. That would be a way to cross borders! :D

Unfortunately, US and EU are not investing in Cambodia. The Chinese government is investing in EU, US, Thailand, Africa and all over the world with bigger infrastructure development…

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I was there almost two months ago. It was nice experience. For sure, that airport is gonna be a mess for that island. For the Croatian girl I would recommend a restaurant in the north of the island "natural kitchen" is the name, is perfect!!!!

@Chai_Travel

Ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks for the tip :)

The airport for the plane is not good because it take up land that can be use for other things and it might taken away the water tranportation crossing between mainland and island. Maybe have plane that could land on water.

When the first woman say Koh Ron Don’t have good food it’s blowing my mind and it’s Surprise me

@mezzanine3362

20 күн бұрын

its true. every time I go to Koh Rong i get stomache problems...

🥰🥰💖💓

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤️

@sohinkhun6241

2 ай бұрын

@@Chai_Travel thanks for your help video.🥰🥰🥰💖💓

You going to do a video on Koh Rong sanloem, ? its always been a more relaxing island compared to koh rong but there are story's now of Cambodian government giving all hotels on the beach front move on order so Chinese developers can move in, I remember walking through the jungle to get from one side of the island to the other, its now all been bulldozed for development

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Hihi, nope! I'm staying on Koh Rong. Just taking it easy. Next video I'll be showing a big part of the Island. Hopefully later this year I can come back with Noona and visit Sanloem :)

Royal Group and The Airport is not Chinese investor. It is one of the local biggest investor company in Cambodia.

@Chai_Travel

Ай бұрын

It is a Cambodian company indeed

People use to go to Sihonoukville because it was like Koh Rong now when it comes to being a lazy beach town. Now that Chinese moved in, people tend to avoid it and go to Koh Rong. Now, it looks like Chinese are planning to go to Koh Rong too. What a shame.

@Chai_Travel

27 күн бұрын

Let's see where this goes. I really hope it will keep its charm

Some people in the comments are blaming Chinese investors but they forget that they are also the one that helps this country. While the west never puts their efforts to invest in this country, instead they rather criticize about this country

@Chai_Travel

16 күн бұрын

That's another way to look at it :)

I really hope Cambodia gov think long term think further to preserve the beauty of this island and not to ruin the whole area like they did in Sihanoukville (turn a big land to China city). Besides the ancient temples, island is the 2nd treasure for Cambodia, not mention the art and culture (that has been heavily worshipped by siem thai - according to world's researcher Britannica Dictionary) since it is untouchable.

How did you get from siem reap to there

@fredthegreat745

2 ай бұрын

AirAsia has flight from SR to SHV, only take a hour or so

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

I went from Siem Reap to Battambang, then Phnom Penh- Koh Rong Maybe you like to see my journey from Phnom Penh to Koh Rong? kzread.info/dash/bejne/fmdow7qcXa-_dJs.html

Do people want things to stay the same? People want 24/7 internet and amenities but they also want it to be charming. Rustic charm or just charming in a general sense? But I get it though if it's too built up, pollution and the prices go up if it becomes more developed. Chinese and Cambodian businesses I can't see them protecting the environment that much which includes recycling facilities etc a lot of corners will be cut, that's my experience. If the Chinese develop it then they might make it less attractive to Western tourists who value more of the ecotourist vibe, but at the same time, I can't see that many Chinese tourists coming anyway because many Chinese people still think the Khmer Rouge is still killing people in Cambodia and that they might get their kidneys stolen in their sleep haha. But for sure the Chinese would change it into China-style Disneyland haha. In environments like this developers soon learn that the healthy ecology is what brings tourists in anyways so they either have to limit development or be very mindful, a catch-22 scenario.

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Ow I insure you, many will come over ;) I think what the majority of the people want; that the island keeps its island vibes and that the Khmer people benefit the most from all the development.

Once chinese go in, too bad for the island. They will do hainan island sanya method.

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Hmm let's see

The channel claims in the bio -''travel and meet interesting people in South East Asia 🏆 I show you how I travel and we're meeting a lot of people along the way, doing a lot of street interviews. I'm able to show you other people's experiences so you have a better picture of what the paces are really like.''. all the videos are about what foreigners think of Asia. Not a single video that shows the local's perspective on foreigners(which countries they love n hate & them explaining their situation,culture.)

@Chai_Travel

Ай бұрын

Yes, it’s a travel channel for foreign people who are interested in visiting South East Asia

@tarotsoul23

Ай бұрын

not a channel about the locals perspective of their own land & on foreigners.

The Chinese investors will most probably ruin the island in the same way they did with Sihanoukvile. The authorities should stop them.

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Ow I hope not 😅

It was very sus for the white dude that was their as a boat tour guide. That job should definitely belong to a local.

@Chai_Travel

Ай бұрын

Maybe. It’s to hard to judge from just the information we know of his situation

@catzzz2619

Ай бұрын

Blah blah that bs

You are on the rong island 🤣

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Haha no. Because it can't Ko Rong 🤓

That Woman generalised about the whole of Europe .

@Chai_Travel

Ай бұрын

Yeah, her experience. I can see what see means though

@malmoran8643

Ай бұрын

@@Chai_Travel nah

These people be coming out of there mouth saying anything you cannot live no where off of a tourist visa 🤔🤣🤣my god.Otherwise she will still be in Thailand but she’s not because immigration a about to do massive crack down on everybody.

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Hmmm

Going to turn into the Chinese Virgin Islands

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Ow I hope not 😅

European tourists moaning about tourists and just talking about drinking and smoking weed 😂

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Nah

🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🤣🤣😆😆😆

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

What’s happening:)?

Chinese will take over Cambodia pretty soon the locals can not competes with the Chinese at the end sad very sad for the Khmer people

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

I’m not too sure about that

@catzzz2619

Ай бұрын

Chinese colony Cambodia

Koh Rong needs to be developed and attract more wealthy tourists. It does not need cheap backpackers who spend $20. One time I was on the way to Koh Rong in a bus full of backpackers, and they complained about everything such as the $3 lunch was a rip-off for them. They wanted a refund because the bus AC did not work. Many Cambodians did not realize the backpackers made them poor. Dubai is rich because of the wealthy tourists.

@Kimbuja777

2 ай бұрын

As a Khmer Canadian, I did not like the backpackers. All they do is drink, drugs, party and litter. I also felt like I wasn't in my home country either. The backpackers made it uncomfortable for me in my own home country.

@Jack-2day

2 ай бұрын

@@Kimbuja777 Just wait till the airport is built, you’ll soon be dreaming of the old days….

@coreana.aesthetics

2 ай бұрын

I had a discussion with my brother and mentioned that backpacker complaints about $3 coffee. If you are poor, do not travel. Stay home! Local Cambodian need to make money for a living too. We, Khmer, never complain about these pricing unless it is extraordinarily high.

@mezzanine3362

20 күн бұрын

without this backpackers no one would travel to cambodia. it´s a 3rd world country. thats why wealthy people prefer go to Thailand basically and come only for a few days of Angkor Wat. and backpackers are not poor in most cases they just travel long term

@coreana.aesthetics

5 күн бұрын

@@mezzanine3362 if you are poor, stay home. We do not cheap backpacker to come here anyway. They are too cheap but picky.

Chinese again…? Stop it please

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Chinese investors 😅

welcome to cambodia 🇰🇭🇰🇭👍ការអភិវឌ្ឍកោះនេះដោយឧកញ្ញាខ្មែរក្រុមហ៊ុនroyal group

@Chai_Travel

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊