Dear Travel Partners,
Please kindly take note of the following updates for Cambodia...
New opening & closing hours of Angkor Temples As of January 1st 2016, the following opening hours will be observes for the Temples of Angkor, Siem Reap:
ALL Temples: 07:30 - 17:30 EXCEPT:
Angkor Wat Temple: 05:00 - 17:30 (except Central Tower, open from 07:30)
Srah Srang: 05:00 - 17:30
Bakheng Hill: 05:00 - 19:00
Pre Rup Temple: 05:00 - 19:00 New event in Siem Reap - the Ultra Trail d'Angkor! Unlike the Half Marathon and Marathon of Angkor, the track for Ultra Trail d'Angkor is off-road, so the runners and walkers will cross several wonderful temple sites, through impressive landscapes over a vast area where rice fields, jungles and villages offer panoramas of surprising diversity. There are 4 different categories available: - 32km Nordic walking
- 32km Angkor Trail TA32
- 64km Angkor Trail TA64
- 128km Ultra-Trail® Angkor UTA 128
Tourists' Temple Antics Prompt new "Code of Conduct" The Apsara Authority has created a new "Visitor Code of Conduct" for tourists visiting the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap province in response to a spate of recent incidents in which tourists have taken nude photographs at the temples, broken statues, or otherwise acted inappropriately.
The new code informs tourists of the rules against smoking, touching monuments, entering restricted areas and wearing revealing clothing at the temples.
"Any act of looting, breaking or damaging Angkor, or exposing sex organs and nudity in public area is a crime punishable by law," it says.
According to Apsara Authority spokeswoman Chau Sun Kerya, the code of conduct will be translated into multiple languages and posted at the entrance to the temples, as well as distributed to hotels and guesthouses around Siem Reap City starting in July 2016.
 Angkor Panorama Museum Opens An Angkor-themed museum funded and operated by North Korea, but located in Siem Reap, is finally due to open this month after some delays. It features a large information gallery of all the Temples of Angkor.
The vast Grand Panorama museum, set on a 4-hectare site just 3 kilometres from the temple complex, is due to open on December 4, according to Long Kosal, spokesman for the Apsara Authority, which manages the temples.
The North Korean company that built the museum will run it, together with the government, for 10 years, during which time they will get back their investment plus profit. Management will then transfer to Apsara.
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Your Focus Asia Team
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