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Preah Vihear tourism drops 59%

( Cambodia )

The number of tourists visiting Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province dropped 59% in the first half of the year, the Phnom Penh Post. The long-running dispute with Thailand over the ownership of land around the cliff-top temple - the province’s key attraction - caused a slide in overall tourist numbers from 85,000 in the first half […]

UN pledges efforts to conserve Preah Vihear temple of Cambodia

( Cambodia )

UN has pledged great efforts to preserve and develop the centuries-old Preah Vihear temple of Cambodia as World Heritage Site, said official news agency the Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Monday.    A delegation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) made this promise during a recent visit to the temple in border province […]