Enduring the Pandemic: COVID-19 CAMBODIA

Enduring the Pandemic: RAPID SURVEY ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON MSMES IN THE TOURISM SECTOR AND HOUSEHO LDSIN CAMBODIA Enduring the Pandemic: RAPID SURVEY IN THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON MSMES IN THE TOURISM SECTOR AND HOUSEHOLDS IN CAMBODIA Cambodia Report First Round of Surveys (May-July 2020) Angkor Research and Consulting Centre for Policy Studies Future Forum The Asia Foundation OCTOBER 2020 Co. [...] Methodology for the Survey of MSMEs in the Tourism Sector12 The rapid survey was carried out in the second and third weeks of July 2020, with 997 registered and non- registered tourism MSMEs in four Cambodian zones: the Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Coastal, and North-East Zones. [...] Methodology for the Survey on Households13 Based on the lack of data about the impact of COVID-19 on Cambodian households, Angkor Research and Consulting and Future Forum jointly undertook an economic impact study of a sample of Cambodian households expected to be the hardest hit by the pandemic (farmers, wage workers, and families with microenterprises). [...] In the short term, due to the small number of cases in Cambodia, addressing the economic consequences has been of the greatest importance. [...] The Survey on MSMEs in the Tourism Sector • The pandemic has impacted both registered and non-registered business; • The registered businesses were more negatively impacted than the non-registered ones; • The pandemic has impacted businesses in the Siem Reap Zone the most because this area relies heavily on tourists.