Takeo celebrates the value of Tonle Sap River with weekend festival 2025

The Ministry of Tourism shared that to ensure the 9th Tonle Festival is successful, the inter-ministerial committee will organise major activities, including live performances featuring famous Cambodian artists and famous singers, as well as celebrations of the event.

There will be exhibitions of tourism achievements, a food and beverage fair and exhibitions on trade, agricultural-tourism products, and local products, as well as displays of various development projects from across the province.

There will also be ten sporting competitions, including a 75-kilometre bicycle race from Phnom Penh to Takéo, a fun run with 1,200 participants, a mass tug-of-war, a rice field jumping competition, volleyball, a popular polo game, kayaking, canoeing and Khmer boxing.

The first Tonle Festival was held in Kratie province and has since moved around the Kingdom. Since returning from a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was staged in Kampong Thom in 2023. The most recent edition took place in Siem Reap province last year.