Battambang, tourism, UNESCO officials talk World Heritage plans
UNESCO, the Battambang provicial government and tourism officials held talks yesterday on plans to list the province on the UN arm’s World Heritage Cities Program. As part of the first of several conferences on sustainable tourism for the conservation of cultural and natural heritage and the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, leaders of the three institutions discussed the inclusion of Battambang in the UNESCO program, which could ensure the protection of the province’s natural and cultural heritage sites. This program also aims to provide the provincial government with assistance in protecting and managing its heritage and thus promote socio-economic development. …
Thik Kaliyann
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