Tuk-tuks and food vendors jam an area across the street from Angkor Wat, visible in the distance.
The Angkor Wat complex enjoys enviable status as a Unesco World Heritage Site and as a prime tourist destination not only in Cambodia itself but in all of Southeast Asia and even the world.
And therein lies one of its biggest problems: Tourists.
Built mostly 1,000-1,200 years ago — more than a millennium — the site including Angkor temple itself covers more than 400 square kilometers (154 square miles). Thus, the second problem: Continue reading
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