Living Ayutthaya in Petchaburi province
Travel piece on Petchaburi province located southwest of Bangkok and its many cultural sites dating to the Ayutthaya period. Two-and-a-half ...
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.
Celeb sighting: Leonardo DiCaprio in Ayutthaya
Even movie stars like to visit archaeological sites too... Leonardo DiCaprio is ready for adventure at a moment's notice. The ...
Data centre for visitors to Bagan
JICA will build a new visitor centre for the Bagan Archaeological Zone. Data centre for visitors to BaganSource: Data centre ...
BBC – Travel – Cambodia’s hidden jungle temple
Beng Melea offers a budget version of visiting the Angkor ruins, with the added bonus of still looking like a ...
Borobudur authority mulls plan to restrict visitors
Authorities are considering restricting the number of visitors to Borobudur to 15 at any one time to limit structural damage ...
Hotels in Bagan’s protected zone in limbo
The Myanmar government is deciding between granting special exemptions or demolishing some 25 hotels that have been illegally built in ...
Angkor admission prices to rise next year
Visitors to Angkor Wat will expect to pay about twice as much from next year as a new pricing plan ...
Tourist ban on touching stupas and Buddhas of Borobudur
Borobudur authorities are enforcing a ban on touching stupas and Buddhas in an effort to preserve the site from damage. ...
Banteay Chhmar and sustainable community-based tourism
A feature on sustainable community-based tourism through the example of Banteay Chhmar. Banteay Chhmar Banteay Chhmar: How Cambodia's ancient cities ...
Hotel developments in Bagan on hold
The Myanmar Department of Archaeology reports that a number of hotel developments around and near the Bagan temples are on ...
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