QSR Brands Bhd hopes to set up four Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlets a year in Phnom Penh.

This is given the robust growth of the city's tourism industry, said chairman Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim.

He said four outlets would be set up by year-end with a total investment of US$1mil.

“The immediate plan is to open three more here this year,” he said after the launch of Cambodia’s first KFC restaurant here yesterday.

He added that QSR obtained the franchise to operate KFC restaurants in Cambodia last year through its 46.79% associate company KFC Holdings (M) Bhd. QSR is the operator of 489 KFC outlets in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Cambodia.