Tourism not affected by Preah Vihear fighting
Preah Vihear temple may have been the scene of the country’s heaviest military engagement in recent years, but visitors have not been scared off by the confrontation, according to local tourism officials. Kong Vibol, Preah Vihear provincial director of the department of tourism, claimed that his department recorded 82,689 visitors to the temple between January and August this year… Ho Vandy, co-chair of the Government-Private Sector Working Group on Tourism, said that the ceasefire and improved infrastructure in the Preah Vihear area were among the reasons tourist arrivals had increased.
