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.
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