Using satellites and networks to monitor heritage sites in Myanmar
A story on how the Global Heritage Fund is using a satellite network to help monitor heritage sites in Myanmar ...
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.
My Son Sanctuary facing pressure from increased visitor numbers
In the last 12 years visitors to the My Son Sanctuary have increased tenfold, adding a tremendous strain from the ...
The secret life of tour guides at Angkor
The Phnom Penh Post has a revealing article about how tour guides at Angkor view the world and make their ...
Sapa’s petroglyphs risk getting erased
The picture says it all. The engraved boulders of Sapa are slowly being eroded - naturally from the environment, but ...
Cambodia's tourism fuelling education boom
An interesting story on how the development of Siem Reap for tourists is also having a secondary effect in fuelling ...
Two travel stories on Angkor
Over the weekend newspapers from Malaysia and the Philippines featured travel stories on Angkor. photo credit:
Angkor Wat and Borobudur to be sister sites
The tourism departments of Indonesia and Cambodia are in discussions to make Angkor Wat and Borobodur sister sites, and promote ...
Angkor sees 23% increase in visitors in 2011
The Siem Reap Tourist Department reports a 23% increase in foreign visitors to Angkor, with the largest group of visitors ...
Community-based tourism in Sukhothai
Archaeology isn't about ancient ruins and dead remains. Very often, the living still inhabit archaeological sites. The Nation features a ...
Free entry to Hue sites for Lunar New Year
From January 23-25, visitors to the World Heritage Site of Hue in Central Vietnam will enjoy free entry to the ...
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