Retraining of guides

The sessions to retrain the tourist guides operating in the Angkor Park have become institutionalized and have permited APSARA Authority to fulfill its responsibility as the guardian of quality tourism at Angkor.

The request for APSARA Authority to remain the organizer of the training cycle now comes from the association of the guides of Siemreap/Angkor and from the Ministry of Tourism. The objectives defined by APSARA Authority will soon be reached with the implementation of:

• the creation of a quality label for the training organizations in the field of tourism



• the improvement of the visitor service facilities



• the cooperation between the tourist guides and the guards at the monuments

The Department of Tourism of APASAR Authority collaborates with Ministry of Tourism to offer two training sessions for tourist guides per year. The graduates of these training sessions shall receive a certificate from APSARA Authority. The sessions shall be taught by specialists in Khmer culture and civilization.

Certificate ceremony of guides at the end of their retraining session

Training of staff

It will be necessary to organize permanent training sessions for the staff of the Deparmtent of Tourism on the development of tourism worldwide. The department was able to win two international speakers for the courses in 2003: an expert in anthropology of tourism and an expert in the management of the parcs at the Sorbonne University in Paris. The participants, including two directors of APSARA Authority, who have provided translation assistance, have remarked on the usefullness of this training unanimously. Therefore, the Department of Tourism has decided to provide this experience on an annual basis.