800 — FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, file photo, tourists line up for stepping up Angkor Wat temple outside Siem Reap, Cambodia. Cambodia is closing the Angkor temple complex to visitors because of a growing COVID-19 outbreak. The temples at Angkor, built between the 9th and 15th centuries, are Cambodia’s biggest tourist attraction, though the pandemic has reduced the number of visitors dramatically. The Apsara Authority that oversees the site says the ban on visitors will last until April 20. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodia’s Angkor site shut for 2 weeks to curb coronavirus

April 9, 2021

by AP

Cambodia is shutting its most popular tourist destination, the centuries-old Angkor temple complex, to visitors for two weeks to help curb the country’s coronavirus outbreak.

The closing of the world-famous site is the latest in a slew of measures the country is taking after the number of coronavirus cases surged in February.

The Apsara Authority, the government agency that oversees the archaeological site, said that temporarily stopping local and foreign tourists from visiting the temples is important to help combat the virus. It said in a statement dated Wednesday that visitors are banned from April 7 through April 20.

In full: https://apnews.com/article/phnom-penh-asia-pacific-coronavirus-pandemic-cambodia-d7ee69a21616a7db71f73d1901daee3b

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