Tougher rules for beach ventures

25 May 2016  2048 | Cambodia Travel News

SIHANOUKVILLE  Sihanoukville’s local authorities will segregate public beaches into three zones to encourage resort investment, while preventing illegal use of beaches by restaurants and vendors.

Land Management Minister Chea Sophara and Tourism Minister Thong Khon met, last week, to discuss the future development of beaches in Sihanoukville.

Phnom Penh Post quoted National Committee for Cambodian Bay Management and Development deputy secretary, Ny Phally, who noted beaches would be reclassified under three categories: state-managed public beaches, mixed public-private-sector beaches and state-run luxury resort beaches.

inside no 2“Plans were also discussed to update regulations regarding entertainment, beachfront businesses, as well as guidelines for keeping beaches clean.”

The latest announcement also banned posting advertising or billboards on beaches and using guns or fireworks in the area.

Beachside restaurants and vendors will come under scrutiny as authorities attempt to control expansion of commercial beach ventures and also  food and drinks pricing at beach locations.

Sihanoukville is a province in the southwest of Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand.

The provincial capital, also called Sihanoukville, is a deep-water port and the most popular beach destination. There is a coastal road that runs from Thailand in Trat province to Sihanoukville province, although very few travellers use this route.

The preferred route involves a flight to Phnom Penh to connect with a bus service to the Cambodian beach resort, that takes around four hours.

Cambodia Angkor Air will inaugurate flights between Sihanoukville in Cambodia and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam 17 June.  The new five weekly flights will operate on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday using a 70-seat ATR-72 aircraft.

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