Tourists visiting Angkor WatPHNOM PENH, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The International Coordinating Committee of Angkor held its 17th technical meeting this week in Siem Reap town, focusing on how the tourist destination can avoid becoming a victim of its success, the Cambodia Daily newspaper said Saturday.
Experts at the meeting have pointed out that the number of tourists and resulting traffic is taking its toll on the area, the newspaper said.
One major problem is sewage, said Shinji Tsukawaki of the Kanazawa University in Japan who is part of the environmental study project Environment Research Development Angkor Cambodia.
With 2 million annual visitors staying an average of five days in Siem Reap town, 1 million tons of human wastewater is deposited into the soil each year, Shinji Tsukawaki said.
The effect of sewage on soil and underground water requires urgent monitoring and measures, he said.
In addition, TS Maxwell of Germany's University of Bonn, who is involved in the Angkor Inscriptions Survey Project, told the meeting that the thousands of visitors who tour Angkor's temples each day could damage stone inscriptions by simply touching them.
Experts at the meeting have pointed out that the number of tourists and resulting traffic is taking its toll on the area, the newspaper said.
One major problem is sewage, said Shinji Tsukawaki of the Kanazawa University in Japan who is part of the environmental study project Environment Research Development Angkor Cambodia.
With 2 million annual visitors staying an average of five days in Siem Reap town, 1 million tons of human wastewater is deposited into the soil each year, Shinji Tsukawaki said.
The effect of sewage on soil and underground water requires urgent monitoring and measures, he said.
In addition, TS Maxwell of Germany's University of Bonn, who is involved in the Angkor Inscriptions Survey Project, told the meeting that the thousands of visitors who tour Angkor's temples each day could damage stone inscriptions by simply touching them.
6 comments:
Hmm ... the German seems to be retarded. If the stone hardly budge from walking on it, touch it aint gonna do anything to it.
People don't just touch it....... they rubbed on it.
In times, it will deteriorate.
Tell the visitors "See, no touch!"
the problem or issue here is not so much of population increased in the city of siem reap, but the lack of advance technologies like the lack of advance sewage system, mayb city planning as well here as siem reap will become a large city sooner or later; so, to accommodate such population increase gov't and international assistance organizations need to help plan and prepare for future growth in cambodia, not just siem reap city, etc... they need to have adequate water supply system as well as adequate sewage system, electricity, infrastructure, etc... in order to prevent any future endangerment of the sacred khmer angkor achaeological park, etc... it all boils down to professional urban management and planning, if you ask me. in other words, cambodia and city managers need to adopt import advance technology in order to help cambodia upgrade our standard of living better like the rest of the advance or industrial countries out there. remember, cambodia is still very much lack behind most of the world in technology, thanks to many years of wars, conflicts, the KR tragedy, etc., etc.... it is time for cambodia to upgrade our system to be in par with the rest of the developped world's countries out there. that is the real issues in cambodia, proper management is the key to sustainable development. trust me, this is the way i see it in cambodia when one compare cambodia to say singapore, or tokyo or san francisco, or what have you. it's the lack of modern, adequate system that one often take for granted in the west that cambodia so lack. so it time to reform in that field as well. god bless cambodia
to put in bluntly, cambodia really needs a lot of upgrading in its infrastructure, electricity system, sewage system to be in par or modern with the rest of the world. can't wait forever any longer. time does not wait for anyone. everyone's going to get old and die if cambodia wait too long!!! god bless cambodia.
True, but they are not waiting. Things are moving as fast as it can moved, considering how much resources we got at our disposal.
Sewer is not a problem just put it in the Tonlie Sap Sewer system The fish eat the shit , Khmer eat the fish . Everything organic and natural
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