Cambodia
Cambodia and Thailand: One Visa Good for Both Countries
Date: December 19th, 2007 |
No Comments
Foreign ministers from both countries signed an agreement Dec. 17 to allow foreign tourists to enter either country on a single visa. The move is an effort to streamline tourism to the region and if it proves successful may also be adopted by Laos, Vietnam and Burma (Myanmar). If that occurs a traveler could visit [read more]
Cambodia: Electric Bicycles at Angkor Wat
Date: December 20th, 2005 | No Comments
In a campaign to cut pollution and noise in the sprawling archaeological complex of Angkor Wat, authorities have introduced 300 battery-powered bicycles for tourists to use to explore the site. Complaints by locals about noisy motorized vehicles spurred the plan and the electric bicycles have proved to be a success with tourists, who rent them [read more]
Cambodia
Date: April 27th, 2004 | No Comments
A drawn-out labor dispute has besieged luxury hotels in Cambodia, reducing service at many hotels and producing actions ranging from negotiation and settlement to the Raffles chain dismissing some 300 striking workers. Raffles’ restored Le Royal Hotel in Phnom Penh is operating with a skeleton staff and its colonial-era Grand d’Angkor in Siem Reap, near [read more]
Cambodia
Date: July 7th, 2003 | No Comments
Cambodia will hold parliamentary elections July 27 and in recent days two violent incidents have occurred. In one, a political party member was killed in his sleep; in another, three children were wounded when a grenade was thrown into their house. Three parties will compete for seats in the National Assembly, and elections here have [read more]
Cambodia
Date: November 27th, 2001 | No Comments
Bars, nightclubs, discos and karaoke parlors all over the country shut down indefinitely Nov. 23 following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s decree that such establishments would be forced to close because they were spawning crime and eroding traditional values. Restaurants were unaffected by the law, which critics say will cause the loss of thousands of jobs. [read more]
Pacific Rim: Taiwan Earthquake Damages Undersea Cables
Date: January 3rd, 2007 | No Comments
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Taiwan Dec. 26 and damaged undersea telecommunications cables, affecting internet, banking and telephone services around the Pacific Rim. Much of the service has been restored but repairs to the cables are expected to take as long as a month. Internet access may be slow or unavailable in so [read more]
Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia
Date: May 17th, 2005 | No Comments
Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to permit cars from each country to drive freely within their borders in a move both hope will increase tourism. Driving is done on the left side of the road in Thailand, and the right side in Vietnam. Cambodia closed its northern border with Thailand near the ancient temple site [read more]
Cambodia
Date: March 10th, 2004 | No Comments
Several foreigners have been the victims of sling-shot attacks along the riverfront in Phnom Penh in an area frequented by tourists. The attacks have occurred on Sothearos Boulevard on the river side of the street in a district of restaurants, bars and internet cafes. The projectiles have been marbles or ball bearings and they can [read more]
Cambodia
Date: January 8th, 2002 | No Comments
Elections to choose leaders of Cambodia’s 1,600 communes, or clusters of villages, are scheduled for Feb. 3, and even before official campaigning began three women candidates from two opposition parties were killed, raising fears of widespread pre-election violence. Government officials claimed that it was still uncertain whether the killings were political, but human rights groups [read more]
Cambodia
Date: September 20th, 2001 | No Comments
The government hopes to draw 30,000 visitors to Angkor Wat for three days of millennium celebrations over New Year’s, but Siem Reap has only 2,000 hotel rooms. Questions have been raised about the feasibility of the plan, and residents have been asked to open their homes to [read more]
Travel the World
- Travel Around the World
- Book Youth Hostels
- Cheap Flights
- Travel Medical Insurance
- Travel Message Boards
- Adventure Travel
- Cheap Hotels
- Flight Tracke
More WTW
Monthly Archives
BootsnAll Logues
TRAVEL THEMES
DESTINATIONS
SPORTS