(1888PressRelease)
June 30, 2008 - The mater plan conducted under cooperation between JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and APSARA Authority, has optimized that Siem Reap will have become the major tourism hot spot in South East Asia.
Currently, Siem Reap is the most famous destination in Cambodia. By the year 2020, Siem Reap will become the foremost jewel of South East Asia tourism. It is the cultural magnet, attracting tourists from the world- not just to the famous temple complex but to the beautiful city, where a thriving population conducts business in harmony with the environment.
This is the feel-good vision described in a final draft report of the Siem Reap Master Plan conducted by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) in cooperation with Siem Reap officials and the APSARA Authority that has role in protecting the monuments of Angkor and providing technical support for urban development.
The report optimize that by 2020, Siem Reap will have become a "beautiful and unique tourist city based on a harmony of history, arts and Khmer culture," the report states in its strategic vision. "It will have learnt from the implications of Angkorian wisdom for sustainable development and cultural diversity in the 21st century”. http://www.tourismindochina.com/siem%20reap-attractionsite.htm
The plan was designed to develop the economy, construct necessary infrastructure and maintain the quality of tourism resource and environment in the town. This last concern has also responded to the climate change, the hot global issue, which tourism. It is our commitment that “Tourism will be at the leading edge of the global response to climate change.” Not only in Cambodia but also in other countries, good environment has vitally played role in thriving the tourism sector.
By CHHEM Samnang
For more information about Travel News in Cambodia: http://www.tourismindochina.com/travel-news.php
For more information about Cambodia Tours package: http://www.tourismindochina.com/cambodia-tour-package.php?pn=P1&tn=t1
###
