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Preah Monivong National Park is well known for the abandoned Bokor Hill Station, a remote settlement build by the French colonialists in 1921. They also built a Catholic church nearby in 1928, a very rare sight in Cambodia. The park is named after King Sisowath Monivong who used to visit the area and eventually died here in 1941. Monivong ...
It was only in 1962, for the reopening of the "Cité du Bokor", that a casino was established in the new hotels near the lake, (Hotels Sangkum and Kiri). Some buildings were added at this time: an annex for the palace, the mayor's office and a concrete parasol. The Bokor mountain was abandoned again in 1972, as Khmer Rouge took
Phnom Bokor National Park occupies most of the highland plateaus and summits of the Dâmrei Mountains. The authorities are trying to curb illegal logging . [ citation needed ] The park has a great variety of plant species, including rare orchids , [ 8 ] an endemic pitcher plant only first described in 2009, [ 9 ] as well as some spectacular ...
America the beautiful can also be America the affordable with a National Park Pass—the secret to scenic savings. The post 10 Things to Know About a National Park Pass appeared first on Reader's ...
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Every year nearly 2.6 million [1] tourists visit Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Tourism in Cambodia is one of the most important sectors in the country's economy. In 2013, tourism arrivals increased by 17.5 percent year on year, with business travelers increasing 47 percent. [2]
Kep National Park (Khmer: ឧទ្យានជាតិកែប) is a national park in Cambodia's Kep Province that was established in 1993 and covers an area of 11 ...
Nepenthes bokorensis is known with certainty only from the Mount Bokor massif in Bokor National Park, Kampot Province, Cambodia, where it has an altitudinal distribution of 800–1080 m above sea level. [1] Three populations are known from the mountain. [5]