Angkor Archaeological Park Restrictions
To help preserve the integrity of the temple, Angkor Wat officials have increased the cost of tickets. To combat the rise of ‘social media stars’ posing without clothing and disrespecting the still-sacred Buddhist site, there is now a dress code. And to keep the site from being overwhelmed by the ever-increasing swarms of tourists, they have limited the number of visitors allowed at the central tower to 100 people at a time. Visitors are welcome to explore the site, but they cannot climb or lean on the ruins, thwarting even more social media stars who want to pose on the sacred archeological sites, unintentionally contributing to its deterioration. Visitors trying to avoid the crowds of tourists photographing the Angkor Wat towers can try taking the photo from the nearby Phnom Bakheng temple, although this temple, too, limits visitors to 300 at a time to protect its historic integrity.
