Temple Tripping
Some tips about planning your travel itinerary if you're thinking of a trip up to Siem Reap to see the ...
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.
Angkor in Quicksand
The excess tapping of groundwater in the area of Siem Reap might lead to a situation where Angkor might stand ...
Cambodia to develop border temple into tourist destination
Cambodia announces plans to develop the border temple of Preah Vihear into a tourist site that will "rival Angkor Wat". ...
Angkor Wat may be falling down
Is Angkor in danger of sinking, or isn't it? The consensus among the scientific community is that the strain on ...
Selling the largest Hindu temple in the world
It seems blindingly obvious now, but the idea that Cambodia's shining jewel, Angkor Wat is a popular tourist destination overlooks ...
Recpaturing the silence of Angkor
A this travel piece on Angkor, covering Phnom Bakheng, Ta Prohm and the Bayon. The last stand The Hindu, 17 ...
Water woes pressure state of Angkor’s temples
Angkor's ecological time bomb is discussed in this article, making parallels between the theorised failure of the water management systems ...
Burma's Double Bind
Burma's (Myanmar) crackdown on protesting monks last year made a dent in tourist receipts, something the military government is trying ...
Angkor and tourism
How has tourism changed Siem Reap, the gateway to the temples of Angkor and what is the way forward? Maya ...
Myanmar opens up ancient palace in Bagan
News coverage of Myanmar has been overshadowed lately by the political unrest and the actions of the military government to ...
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