Cambodia bans dogs from Angkor temples
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Dogs have been banned from Cambodia's Angkor temples, the country's most popular tourist destination, in the latest effort to make to make the historic site friendlier to visitors, officials said.
A number of tourists had complained that they were disturbed by dogs during their tour of Angkor temples, said Sou Phirin, governor of Siem Reap, the province where the temples are located.
"Some tourists got scared when they bumped into dogs while enjoying the temples, and some were unhappy after they stepped into dog excrement," the governor said by phone.
There have been no reports of dog bites to tourists, however.
"No Dogs" signs will soon be placed at main entrances into the Angkor archaeological parks, starting with Angkor Wat, Cambodia's most famous cultural icon, which earns millions of dollars in tourist revenue every year for the cash-strapped Cambodian government, said the governor.
Col. Tan Chay, police chief in charge of the Angkor Wat site, said he has already started telling villagers living near the temple to stop letting their dogs roam freely onto its grounds.
He added that cows and buffalos have been banned from grazing in the fields near the temple since 1999.
A number of tourists had complained that they were disturbed by dogs during their tour of Angkor temples, said Sou Phirin, governor of Siem Reap, the province where the temples are located.
"Some tourists got scared when they bumped into dogs while enjoying the temples, and some were unhappy after they stepped into dog excrement," the governor said by phone.
There have been no reports of dog bites to tourists, however.
"No Dogs" signs will soon be placed at main entrances into the Angkor archaeological parks, starting with Angkor Wat, Cambodia's most famous cultural icon, which earns millions of dollars in tourist revenue every year for the cash-strapped Cambodian government, said the governor.
Col. Tan Chay, police chief in charge of the Angkor Wat site, said he has already started telling villagers living near the temple to stop letting their dogs roam freely onto its grounds.
He added that cows and buffalos have been banned from grazing in the fields near the temple since 1999.
4 comments:
Why the government does not sell tickets to dogs too? Then government can claim that it really does its best to keep investors or private companies in cambodia but benefit to local people. hahaha.
Hey! Angkor Wat is a temple and it is a place of worship and no animals should be allowed in a place of worship. When Angkor Wat was first built and it was meant for human not for animals.
So stop arguing for birds and bats!ahahahah.
Who let ah Hun Sen out the cage? Those dogs are rabies be careful, just like the master.
Are there any writings on the walls of Angkor Wat to say it is for humans only? If it is considered the place of worship, why let thousands of tourists in there everyday wearing all kinds of shoes and some of them even piss in some quiet areas of the temple? You don't get that in the "vihear" of the pagoda, which is truly a place of worship. Let's face it, it is no longer a place of worship, it is now a tourism site, it is a revenue-generating business, it is a cash cow, and certain individuals stand to gain substantially from it and the left-over goes to the National Treasury.
Rules are created and broken by humans. Rules are usually conceived and formulated by personal or collective interests. As long as the new ban has the interests of Angkor Wat at heart, I have no problem with that as I do love Angkor Wat, which was built by the ancient Khmers, not the Viet Sok Kong. But, wait! The National Assembly has just adopted a new legislation to limit the freedom of expression for Members of Parliament. Does that have the interests of Cambodia's democracy at heart? Ahahahah!;-)
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