Thailand: Tourist Spots near Cambodian Border Closed to Visitors

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | April 8th, 2009 | Trackback

Authorities closed tourist spots near the Preah Vihear temple at the Cambodian border after two clashes between Thai and Cambodian forces killed four soldiers and wounded 16 others. A Thai military spokesman said the clashes followed a landmine explosion that maimed a Thai soldier a few miles west of the temple in an area that both countries claim as their own. When Thai soldiers arrived to clear the landmines, Cambodian soldiers appeared and told them to leave. Fighting erupted when neither side would retreat. Cambodia has some 3,000 troops in the area and Thailand more than 2,000. The tourist areas that are closed are Pha Mor E-Daeng cliff, Khao Phra Viharn National Park and its gate to the Preah Vihear temple in Si Sa Ket province. In other news, ongoing political struggles continued with a massive anti-government demonstration in Bangkok April 8 demanding that the prime minister resign.

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