Survey
The statistics collected from the ticket
sales concession holder for Angkor Park confirm the constant
inscrease in tourist numbers. Given the intensive flow of
visitor arrivals, tourist management of the Angkor Park
has become a priority for the protection of Cambodia's historical
and cultural heritage.
In order to set up management procedures, the Department
of Tourism requires a public survey, a "measuring instrument"
necessary to ascertain the needs, expectations and behavior
patterns of the various publics and to shape the policy
for the park's development and layout. The master plan being
prepared for park management must take into account both
the issue of monument conservation and tourist demands.
A public survey was put in place in April 2000 in cooperation
with the FSP project (Fonds de solidarité prioritaire,
formerly Fonds d'aide à la coopération FAC)
with the theme "Angkor site-Heritage and Development"
in the framework of the "Institutional Support to the
APSARA Authority" program.
The purpose
The purpose of the quantitative and qualitative survey
is to collate the results of actual counts and surveys in
the field in order to:
- Get an accurate picture of the number of persons visiting
the major monuments and to compile statistics to be able
to take necessary measures in the event of visitor overload
- Know the various publics that visit Angkor and their needs
in order to draw up a tourism development master plan
- Prepare a policy for the management of visitor flows
- Promote sites that are unknown to the public
The survey has been operating in the field since March
2000.
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