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CASE STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF TOURISM ON CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

CAMBODIA

by Son Soubert and Suong Leang Hay

UNESCO PRINCIPAL

REGIONAL

OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1995

BANGKOK,

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1995

Publishedby the UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific P.O. Box 967, PrakanongPostOffice Bangkok 10110.Thailand

Printed in Thailand

The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout the publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning its frontiers or boundaries.

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UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Case study on the effects of tourism on culture and the environment: Cambodia, by Son Soubert and Gong Leang Hay. Bangkok, UNESCO, 1995. 33 p. (RACAP Series on Culture and Tourism in Asia 3)

1. TOURISM. QUALITY. 2. CULTURAL HERITAGE. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL I. Soubert,

4. ARCHAEOLOGICAL

SITES. 5. CAMBODIA.

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PREFACE The present publication in the series on Culture and Tourism in Asia is devoted to the Effects of Tourism on Culture and the Environment in Cambodia. The “case studies” were undertaken as part of a project jointly formulated by Indonesia and Thailand in 1992 and based on a research design developed by experts on culture and tourism in a meeting held in Cipanas. West Java, Indonesia from 22-24 July 1992. The project comes within the purview of the “World Decade for Cultural Development” (1988 - 1997) proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations, which ushered in a new era of sustained activities in the field of culture both at national and international level. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) being assigned the role of lead agency for...