{"id":9879,"date":"2016-07-07T16:23:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T16:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=9876&amp;preview_id=9876"},"modified":"2016-07-07T16:23:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T16:23:53","slug":"cambodia-says-visitors-to-angkor-temples-must-dress-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=9879","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia says visitors to Angkor temples must dress properly | The Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"storycenterbyline\" class=\"editor\"><\/div>\n<p>Visitors who dress immodestly will\u00a0not be allowed to enter Cambodia\u2019s famed Angkor temple\u00a0complex, the agency that oversees the site said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Long Kosal, a spokesman for Apsara Authority, which\u00a0oversees the archaeological complex, said that beginning August\u00a04, local and foreign tourists will be required to wear pants\u00a0or skirts below the knees and shirts that cover their\u00a0shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Those not dressed appropriately will be required to change\u00a0their clothes before being allowed to enter the temple site in\u00a0northwestern Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>Long Kosal said the ban was implemented because \u201cWearing\u00a0revealing clothes disrespects the temple\u2019s sanctity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that his organization had advised tour agencies,\u00a0hotels and airport officials last December that all foreign\u00a0visitors should be aware of what type of clothes they should\u00a0wear when they visit.Illustrations of what is considered inappropriate clothing\u00a0and behavior are being posted on the organization\u2019s website,\u00a0an English version of which is still under construction.<\/p>\n<p>Angkor Wat, the spiritual center of the Khmer empire that\u00a0dominated the region from the 9th to 15th centuries, is\u00a0Cambodia\u2019s biggest tourist attraction, a UNESCO World Heritage\u00a0site and a symbol of national pride that is emblazoned on the\u00a0Cambodian flag.<\/p>\n<p>About 2.1 million foreign tourists visited last year.<\/p>\n<p>Immodest dress is not the worst breach of modesty the\u00a0temples have suffered. Early last year there was a small spate\u00a0of Western tourists who posed naked for snapshots, and those\u00a0who were caught were fined and deported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitors who dress immodestly will\u00a0not be allowed to enter Cambodia\u2019s famed Angkor temple\u00a0complex, the agency that oversees the site said on Thursday. Long Kosal, a spokesman for Apsara Authority, which\u00a0oversees the archaeological complex, said that beginning August\u00a04, local and foreign tourists will be required to wear pants\u00a0or skirts below the knees and shirts that cover [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1892,1893,123],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}