Increase in visitors to Preah Vihear
Foreign visitors to the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, on the Cambodian-Thai border, rose almost 78 per cent between January and October compared with the same period last year, despite a deadly border dispute that drew international attention in February. About 2,140 foreign nationals visited the 1,000-year-old temple during the first nine months of the year, up from 1,206 in during the same period in 2010, according to data from the Preah Vihear Provincial Department of Tourism…
