Cambodia’s Angkor temple complex now a ghost town
via IoL, 14 March 2020: Another article about tourist decline in Angkor amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
Tag: tourism
News reports and information about tourism and archaeology in Southeast Asia, including news about specific archaeological sites, community tourism, and tourists behaving badly.
Visitors vanish from Asia’s most visited sites
via AFP/Channel NewsAsia, 09 March 2020: Another story about how Covid-19 has hit tourism across Asia, affecting tourism at archaeological ...
Tourist sites in Asia hit by coronavirus fears – before and after
via The Guardian, 09 March 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting the tourism industry hard in Asia, affecting some of ...
Amid Virus Fears, a Tourist Decline in Already Slumping Siem Reap
via VOD English, 06 March 2020: In-depth analysis of the tourist situation in Siem Reap points to a number of ...
Ayutthaya World Heritage Fair postponed
via Bangkok Post, 04 March 2020: I posted about the World Heritage Fair earlier this week. It is sadly the ...
Cambodia’s famed Angkor sees 37 pct drop in foreign tourists in first 2 months
via Xinhua, 03 March 2020: The drop is not unexpected, given the current Covid-19 situation, but tourist arrivals have also ...
Celebrate world heritage at Ayutthaya
via Bangkok Post, 27 February 2020: the Ayutthaya World Heritage Fair is on from 13-22 March.
Angkor entrance passes extended in another urgent measure to help the area’s declining tourism
via Khmer Times, 26 February 2020: The fallout from the Covid-19 is particularly bad on tourist-dependent economies in Southeast Asia. ...
Ticket sales at Angkor complex are down as Coronavirus frightens off large numbers of overseas tourists
via Khmer Times, 04 February 2020: The coronavirus originating from China is thought to be the main reason for the ...
Cambodia’s famed Angkor sees 17.9 pct drop in foreign tourists in January
via Xinhua, 01 February 2020: January is supposed to be high tourist season, so these numbers don't look good. They ...
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