Cambodia to ban tourists wearing "revealing clothes" to visit famed Angkor

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PHNOM PENH, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Tourists wearing "revealing clothes" will be barred from visiting Cambodia's famed Angkor archeological park from August 4, an official said on Tuesday. Long Kosal, deputy chief of the communications department of the Apsara Authority, which manages the ancient site, said that tourists should wear proper clothes when they buy tickets for visiting the Angkor archeological park, otherwise ticket-sellers will not sell them the tickets.

"We will not allow any tourists wearing revealing clothes to visit the Angkor archeological park from August 4, 2016," he told Xinhua. "Wearing revealing clothes offends Cambodian custom, tradition, and women's dignity." "The rule is also to enhance the value of the Angkor archeological park, which is a sacred site for the Cambodian people," he said.

Last week, the Apsara Authority informed relevant ministries, travel agent association, tour guide association, hotel association, tourist transport association, and tourism companies about the ban, he said. The prohibition came after the Apsara Authority released the "code of conduct" for tourists visiting the Angkor in December last year.

The code tells tourists of the rules against wearing revealing clothes, touching carvings or sitting on fragile structures, smoking, and entering restricted areas at the temples. It also advises tourists to avoid either giving money and candy to children or taking a selfie with monks.The code also warned that any act of looting, breaking or damaging Angkor, or exposing sex organs and nudity in public area is a crime punishable by law.

Located in northwestern Siem Reap province, Angkor archaeological park, inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1992, is the kingdom's most popular tourist destination.

An entrance fee to the site is 20 U.S. dollars per day for a foreigner, 40 dollars for a three-day visit and 60 dollars for a week-long visit.

According to the government report, the site earned 31.2 million U.S. dollars from ticket sales to foreign tourists in the first six months of 2016.

source http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=330882

[eliotness]

Not much different when you visit the Vatican in Rome.

[Lannig]

Except it's much warmer in Angkor Wat...

[jobsworth]

will cambodia be covering up the carvings of the topless apsara ladies at angkor wat?

[callcharlie2001]

They never really defined what "reveling" clothes were. Exposed shoulders? Breast cleavage? Knees?

[farcanell]

I thought it was already an instituted requirement to dress appropriately at these sites.... Certainly I'm very used to seeing sarongs, or the like, handed out at entrances to the sites I've visited, usually at no (or minimal) charge.

[MJCM]

They never really defined what "reveling" clothes were. Exposed shoulders? Breast cleavage? Knees?

This is the back of a day ticket from Yesterday and that should explain it I hope

[kiniyow]

Took a Nice Thai girl there and she was dressed in a blouse and shorts but was Denied Entry into many parts yet was allowed to buy a ticket to enter....!!!

[mcfish]

Took a Nice Thai girl there and she was dressed in a blouse and shorts but was Denied Entry into many parts yet was allowed to buy a ticket to enter....!!!

Like this?

[tandor]

They never really defined what "reveling" clothes were. Exposed shoulders? Breast cleavage? Knees?

Excerpt: The code tells tourists of the rules against wearing revealing clothes, touching carvings or sitting on fragile structures, smoking, and entering restricted areas at the temples. It also advises tourists to avoid either giving money and candy to children or taking a selfie with monks.The code also warned that any act of looting, breaking or damaging Angkor, or exposing sex organs and nudity in public area is a crime punishable by law.

..as assessed by the ticket sellers/officials/guides..self explanatory.

[Tomtomtom69]

Has anyone ever been prosecuted for flying a drone at Angkor Wat? Surely tourists should be allowed to take video using drones for their own private viewing pleasure or to post on Youtube?

[MJCM]

Has anyone ever been prosecuted for flying a drone at Angkor Wat? Surely tourists should be allowed to take video using drones for their own private viewing pleasure or to post on Youtube?

Why don't you try it and let us know the outcome?