With Cambodia ‘drowning in a wave’ of waste, plastic could be banned at Angkor Wat
via Channel NewsAsia, 30 June 2018: I hope a ban on plastics takes place. Earlier this year I organised a ...
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.
MoU promotes cross-border trips between Angkor and Sukhothai
via Bangkok Post, 15 June 2018: Thailand's Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Dasta) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding ...
Apsara eyes legal action over drones at Angkor Wat
via Phnom Penh Post, 14 June 2018: Remember, flying drones over the Angkor Archaeological Park is not allowed. As a ...
Room rates in Bagan needs to decrease: tourism official
via Eleven Myanmar, 30 May 2018: “Their room rates are also higher than the room rates of hotels across the ...
Officials to reopen some Bagan pagodas to climbing tourists
via Myanmar Times, 28 May 2018: The authorities will permit a limited number of visitors to climb five pagodas in ...
Angkor Wat named as the top landmark for the second year
via Phnom Penh Post, 24 May 2018: Travel website TripAdvisor has named Cambodia’s ancient wonder Angkor Wat as the top ...
Tourism creates thorny ethical dilemmas. Isn’t that the point?
via Quartz, 14 April 2018: A temple, a hat, and a vexing moral question for tourists. On a recent holiday ...
Angkor Wat bridge open for New Year
via Khmer Times, 13 april 2018: The original bridge leading to Angkor Wat will be temporarily reopened, says authorities. Source: ...
GO: The Lure of Mystical Borobudur
via New Straits Times, 05 April 2018: Lured by sacred temples and the Nirvana Sunrise, Hanna Hussein heads to Yogyakarta, ...
Myanmar Airlines pulls out of route
via Khmer Times, 05 April 2018: More on the low demand for flights connecting Angkor and Bagan. Myanmar Airlines rejects ...
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