Cambodia

Cambodia: Remote Koh Kong Province Becoming Popular Eco-Tourism Spot

Date: March 9th, 2011 |

Anyone interested in emerging eco-tourism might consider visiting the province of Koh Kong, a densely forested area in southwestern Cambodia that includes part of the Cardamom Mountains and a section of Kirirom National Park. Once extraordinarily isolated and a refuge for the Khmer Rouge, Koh Kong has become part of a project called Community-Based-Eco-Tourism, which [read more]

Cambodia: Crime May Increase During Khmer Holidays

Date: October 6th, 2010 |

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The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh issued a notice to remind travelers that several holidays on the Khmer calendar fall in October and November and street crime increases during this time. Vehicle accidents also increase and unruly behavior spikes because celebrants tend to drink too much. If you become the victim of an assault or [read more]

Cambodia: Angkor Wat May Remain Open at Night

Date: June 3rd, 2009 |

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Authorities are considering opening Angkor Wat at night to draw more tourists. Lighting the expansive archaeological site would allow visitors to remain as late as 8:30, while now they must leave at sunset. Cambodia is expecting more than a million foreign tourists this year with more than half visiting the Angkor temples. The country needs [read more]

Cambodia: Security Increased for Independence Day, Water Festival

Date: November 6th, 2008 |

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Ten thousand security personnel will patrol the streets of Phnom Penh to keep order on Independence Day Nov. 9 and during Bun Om Tuk, the annual Water Festival that runs Nov. 10-13. The festival is so popular that as many as 4 million Cambodians are expected to flock to the capital city to take part [read more]

Cambodia: Dengue Fever Down, but Still High Risk in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap

Date: August 13th, 2008 |

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Dengue fever cases are down more than half compared to last year at this time, but health authorities warned that the risk is still high in major tourist areas, especially Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, home of Angkor Wat. The number of cases in both areas is above average and the monsoon season is just [read more]

Cambodia: Phnom Penh Stampede Kills Hundreds

Date: November 23rd, 2010 |

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A three-day water festival that marks the end of the rainy season, the Bon Om Touk, ended in catastrophe in Phnom Penh Nov. 22 when a stampede killed at least 378 people and injured hundreds more on an island at the junction of the Bassac and Mekong rivers. An estimated 2 million people crowded into [read more]

Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Hideout to Become Tourist Attraction

Date: March 10th, 2010 |

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The final stronghold of the Khmer Rouge will become a tourist site now that the government has approved developing Anlong Veng in northern Cambodia. The tourism ministry has picked out some three dozen sites in the isolated region, including the fenced-off area where Pol Pot was kept under house arrest during his final months and [read more]

Cambodia: Malaria Diminishing, but Drug-Resistant Strain Increasing

Date: January 15th, 2009 |

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Efforts to control malaria in Cambodia have shown great success, reducing the number of cases from 100,000 in 2006 to 54,000 in 2008 and cutting the death rate in half, from 396 in 2006 to 184 in 2008. A drug-resistant strain is developing along the Thai-Cambodia border, however, that health authorities and WHO hope to [read more]

Cambodia and Thailand: Border Dispute Still Simmers

Date: October 22nd, 2008 |

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A simmering border dispute flared into a military clash Oct. 15 in the area of the Preah Vihear temple, known as Khao Phra Wihan in Thailand. The region is in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province and Thailand’s Sisaket province. Additional border disputes exist in at least two other sites, Prasart Ta Moan and Prasart Ta Krabey, [read more]

Cambodia: Flotilla of Beggars Troubles Officials in Chong Kneas

Date: April 23rd, 2008 |

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A visit to the floating village of Chong Kneas is a popular side trip from Siem Reap, the jumping off point for Angkor Wat, but its popularity has created perhaps predictable consequences. Local fishermen have found begging to be more lucrative than fishing and they now swarm around the tourist boats in vessels with outboard [read more]

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