Tourism City

The project is not merely a dormant master plan. Official photography and the 2023 PropertyArea feature show completed roads, occupied homes, a landscaped entrance, family recreation space, and established residential clusters around the water. Knight Frank reported that phases one and two had sold out by the first half of 2019 and that later phases had achieved strong take-up. That is historical evidence rather than a promise of present-day liquidity, but it supports the project’s identity as a functioning residential community.

The practical location advantage is direct access to National Road 6. Tourism City sits east of central Siem Reap in Kok Thnot Village, Kandaek Commune, Prasat Bakong District. This position can suit households that value road connectivity and prefer more space outside the dense tourist core. It is not a central walkable address, however. Work, schools, restaurants, and the old town will often require a car or motorcycle. Within a 66-hectare estate, the exact street matters as much as the wider location, so buyers should compare distance to the entrance, public spaces, commercial activity, and quieter residential sections.

Commercial use is an important part of the concept. Shophouses can combine living space with a street-facing business, while the official plan also refers to a market and supporting services. For a family, that may create a more self-contained neighbourhood. For an owner-operator, it may offer a workplace and residence in one property. The commercial case still depends on the selected street, frontage, actual traffic, permitted use, parking, and occupancy in the surrounding blocks. A shophouse on an internal road should not be valued as if every unit receives the same customer flow.

The architecture varies across the estate. Older sections show multi-level houses with red tiled roofs and traditional gables, while newer clusters use white two-storey villas, grey roofs, and larger glazed openings. Variety broadens the choice, but it also makes phase-level due diligence essential. Two homes carrying the Tourism City name may differ in age, finishing specification, road width, utility condition, plot size, management arrangements, and immediate surroundings. The decision should be based on the documents and physical condition of the selected property, not only on the project’s general brochure.

The official master plan mentions a market, school, playground, landscaped garden, fitness centre, and other services. Some public realm is clearly visible in specific to the project photography, including green areas, a children’s play space, walking paths, and a central water feature. The status of the remaining facilities needs a current check: whether they were completed, who operates them, which phases can use them, and whether separate fees apply. In a development of this scale, infrastructure can be delivered unevenly across phases.

Open sources checked in July 2026 do not provide one current OCIC price list. Resale shophouses and villas appear across agency platforms, while older project profiles retain ranges published several years earlier. The lower figure in this dossier is therefore a market anchor, not a guaranteed entry price. Before reserving a home, a buyer should confirm stock, the exact plot and house plan, the legal seller, the condition of the property, outstanding payments, utilities, estate charges, and any obligations that transfer with the sale.

From an investment perspective, Tourism City cannot be reduced to one average price per square metre. Value in a landed development is shaped by plot size, frontage, street position, house condition, phase age, commercial visibility, parking, and title quality. Two similar-looking shophouses may have very different resale prospects because one receives traffic and the other does not. Historical sell-out of early phases confirms past demand but does not guarantee a fast exit today. A serious resale assessment should compare several current properties of the same type and phase, review time on market, and rely on verifiable transactions rather than advertised yields.

Physical due diligence should go beyond viewing the façade. Buyers should inspect the roof and signs of moisture, electrical capacity, water supply, drainage, sewer connection, air-conditioning, windows, doors, and internet availability. For a resale home, it is also important to identify alterations made by the owner and whether approvals were required. Estate rules, maintenance charges, security, waste collection, and responsibility for roads and public areas should be requested in writing. These arrangements may differ between phases, so an explanation given for a neighbouring property is not a substitute for the records of the selected home.

Before selecting a plot, it is useful to drive through the estate at different times of day. Morning visits reveal traffic at the National Road 6 exit, daytime visits show commercial activity and maintenance of public areas, and evening visits reveal lighting, security, and actual occupancy. Families should compare noise, traffic around shophouses, children’s routes, and access to green space. Business users should examine signage visibility, stopping space, and the neighbouring trade mix. Within Tourism City, the quality of the exact micro-location may matter more than the project name alone.

For a foreign buyer, ownership structure is the decisive issue. Tourism City is landed property, and a foreign individual cannot directly own land in Cambodia. Available structures have different legal, tax, control, inheritance, and exit implications. They should not be selected solely on a seller’s recommendation. Before paying a deposit, the buyer needs independent Cambodian legal advice, verification of the title and plot boundaries, a check for encumbrances, and a written assessment of the proposed ownership arrangement for the specific transaction.