A Change of Guard

សូមស្តាប់វិទ្យុសង្គ្រោះជាតិ Please read more Khmer news and listen to CNRP Radio at National Rescue Party. សូមស្តាប់វីទ្យុខ្មែរប៉ុស្តិ៍/Khmer Post Radio.
Follow Khmerization on Facebook/តាមដានខ្មែរូបនីយកម្មតាម Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/khmerization.khmerican

Friday 9 November 2012

The heritage curse

How mass tourism impacts local community's social development and heritage conservation


“Away from the 5 star tourist hotels, Siem Reap remains the third poorest province in Cambodia where half the population live below poverty line and less than 10 per cent finish school. Ticket revenue from the temples is managed by a private company, Sokimex which has held the concession under secret terms since 1999”

Al Jazeera: In the 38 years since UNESCO launched its World Heritage programme to help preserve cultural and natural treasures, over 900 sites have earned the distinction. 
But some conservation experts say that the uncontrolled tourism development that follows World Heritage designation may do more harm than good for the very sites the programme was meant to protect.
 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

World Heritage sites in Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) should be run by Cambodian government and not by private company, because it’s belonged to Khmer nation pride. If we’re asking how many percentage of Cambodian people well-informed that a Vietnamese private company running Khmer World Heritage sites? The answer will be dismal.

The corruption is from A to Z.

Anonymous said...

The revenue generated from tourism each year around over $40 millions and rising every year thereafter and the concession secret terms of the government with the company of Sokimex (Sok Kong)for a cut of about 17% each year for doing almost nothing, that is a very secret fantastic sweet deal for Sokimex.

Why can't the government runs under the tourism ministry for all of our national tourist sites?, Why our Cambodian people, after all Angkor Wat belongs to our people/government? Why gives between $7-8 million dollars each year to Sok Kong?
And, Why can't the gov't has an open bid for contractor to compete for the business for the lowest bid? if in fact the government is unable to operate the business of Angkor Wat, due to uncontrollable corruption, that is absurd. Have other people or business contractors [Truly Khmer] has an opportunity to compete for this lucrative business.

Anonymous said...

Khmer's ancestors put a curses on their childrents for letting Yuon Yiekcong took advantage of the workday heritage.Yuons always profits from Khmer with the help of khmer's traitors like Hun sen and their cronies regime today.How long that Cpp signed consession with Yiek cong on Angkorwat? 99yrs? How dumb these Cpp thugs!

Yobal Khmer