SIEM REAP, Dec 10 — In another effort to stop tourists from behaving badly at Cambodia’s famous temple complex of Angkor Wat, a new video has been released to highlight the types of behaviour that are considered unacceptable.
The video is produced by the Apsara Authority that runs the Unesco World Heritage Site.
It features a Khmer king on an elephant heading towards Angkor Wat, but he is confronted with people showing off too much skin, smoking, taking selfies with monks and other behaviours that are frowned upon under the new rules.
All of these acts have been forbidden at the temple complex.
Travel website Lonely Planet said that visitors to the Khmer site, which is Cambodia’s biggest attraction, will have to abide by the new rules that were put in place last month.
Posters detailing the new rules have also been put up around the site.
While it seems quite obvious that some of the banned behaviours are inappropriate at a temple, Angkor Wat has recently been hit with numerous incidents of misbehaving tourists, Lonely Planet added.
This year saw numerous arrests after foreigners decided to strip down and take nude photos at the sacred site.
Angkor Wat is not the only holy site where tourists keep deciding to strip — much to the dismay of locals and officials. This year saw two high-profile incidents where tourists ended up in hot water for stripping down in Sabah.
