Khmer Times/Taing Vida

Sihanoukville’s beaches will be divided into three categories to make it easier to manage the tourist area, authorities announced yesterday. Officials also closed a small section of Ochheuteal beach so infrastructure and a garden could be built. Yesterday’s announcement came after a meeting on beach management and development in Preah Sihanouk province co-chaired by Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction Chea Sophara and Minister of Tourism Thong Khon.

The announcement said beaches will be divided into three categories – state-owned public entertainment beaches, state-run public beaches with the private sector and state luxury beaches with the private sector. The National Committee on Coastal Management agreed to improve measuring work, efficiency on management and beach restoration with evaluations based on recognized principles and standards.

The announcement also banned posting advertising or billboards and using guns or fireworks in the area alongside bans already in Cambodia’s beach code of conduct. The committee also agreed to select and evaluate prices at restaurants, vendors and the beach’s main gates, noting that construction projects are required to have evaluated documents and approval from the ministries of environment, culture and fine arts and tourism.

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Oh boy. Ruin some perfectly fine beaches.