Siem Reap gears up for a more relaxed Water Festival

This year’s Water Festival is set to be slightly scaled back, says Siem Reap’s provincial deputy governor, Kim Chhaihieng.

Last year, Siem Reap’s celebrations drew more than 80,000 visitors from across Cambodia, including those unable to attend the Phnom Penh events, which Prime Minister Hun Sen cancelled, citing drought. This year, Siem Reap will hold a two-day festival – on November 13 and 14 – to allow people in other provinces to spend the third day in the capital.

“This year, I think the number of visitors may be much less,” Chhaiheng says. “Even so, we still have people from the provinces around us.”

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