Nothing ‘too short’ and bras a must: Cambodia clamps down on scantily-clad Angkor Wat visitors
Tourists in ‘revealing’ clothes will be asked to change to face a bar from the famous complex
Tourists showing cleavage or wearing skimpy clothes will be banned from Cambodia’s famed Angkor temple complex, authorities said Thursday, after a slew of photos emerged of scantily-clad visitors at the sacred site.
From August 4 tourists wearing “revealing” clothes will be asked change or face a bar from the vast site, according to the state agency charged with managing the Angkor complex.
Long Kosal, of the Apsara Authority, explained that clothes considered to be revealing would be “too short – so they reveal buttocks – or not wearing bras, or T-shirts that show the back and upper body.”
“The clothes show disrespect to our beautiful culture and tradition”, he added.
He said that his organisation had advised tour agencies, hotels and airport officials last December that all foreign visitors should be aware of what type of clothes they should wear when they visit.
The decree by the Apsara Authority carried photos showing tourists who appeared to be western in various states of undress at the site – including a woman walking around in a T-shirt and her underwear.