Lanna’s royal descendants call out ‘disrespectful’ tourists
via Chiang Mai City Life, 01 August 2019: Descendants of the Lanna royal family in Chiang Mai complaining of tourists ...
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.
Cambodian ‘Zero-dollar’ tours under fire
via Phnom Penh Post, 16 July 2019 and other sources: The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism vows crackdown on 'zero-dollar' tours ...
Sales of Angkor complex tickets down nine percent
via Khmer Times, 02 July 2019: The decline in ticket sales has been fairly consistent for this year so far. ...
Ten Battambang temples given model status for age and beauty
via Phnom Penh Post, 05 July 2019: Highlighting temples a move to promote tourism to Battambang province.
Foreign visits to Cambodian tourism attraction Angkor down 7.3 pct in 5 months
via Xinhua, 01 June 2019: Earlier it was reported that Q1 revenues were down. This trend appear to be continuing ...
Sagada-run tours draw raves
via SunStar.com, 13 May 2019: Community-based tourism to the hanging coffins of Sagada and other cave sites.
New heritage tours explores Mount Faber and Sentosa in Singapore
via Channel NewsAsia, 10 May 2019: A non-profit group in Singapore is organising tours to explore the colonial and military ...
5,000-year-old ‘Penang Woman’ on display at archaeological site in Guar Kepah
via The Malay Mail, 10 May 2019: The Guar Kepah shell midden archaeological site is transformed into a site museum ...
Please Stop Bringing Outside Food To Angkor Wat
via The Star, 08 April 2019: Food ban in the Angkor temples.
Saving George Town’s charm
Death by Unesco-listing is not new, and I've previously featured stories about the negative effects of World Heritage status to ...
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