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Soriya wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:50 am
Been reading and had info confirmed by workers on samloem that some hotels are being shut down and have been given 3 days notice. Bit outrageous if really true, what about people that have holidays booked?
Soriya wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:50 am
Been reading and had info confirmed by workers on samloem that some hotels are being shut down and have been given 3 days notice. Bit outrageous if really true, what about people that have holidays booked?
I can still book them for March....
Even if they have been taken by surprise I would expect them to close this kind of stuff.
Soriya wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:50 am
Been reading and had info confirmed by workers on samloem that some hotels are being shut down and have been given 3 days notice. Bit outrageous if really true, what about people that have holidays booked?
I can still book them for March....
Even if they have been taken by surprise I would expect them to close this kind of stuff.
This is cambodia, if you get shut down, pocket any money you can, this is my worry as i have a party of 11 booked for april and i dont wanna get stitched up.
Soriya wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:50 am
Been reading and had info confirmed by workers on samloem that some hotels are being shut down and have been given 3 days notice. Bit outrageous if really true, what about people that have holidays booked?
I can still book them for March....
Even if they have been taken by surprise I would expect them to close this kind of stuff.
This is cambodia, if you get shut down, pocket any money you can, this is my worry as i have a party of 11 booked for april and i dont wanna get stitched up.
They are rushing to close these places down, but then what happens (three days later) ?
Possibility 1: The closed resort hotels are bulldozed immediately and Saracen Bay goes back to jungle. Work on the big resort will start whenever it starts.
Possibility 2: The best of the vacant resort hotel properties are either taken over by the landlord, or are rented out with illegal fly-by-night contracts, (make small money while the big boys get their finance together).
I have nothing concrete to base my opinion on, but this whole business reminds me of the government's "use it or lose it" ultimatum for Cambodia's tourist spots. So it wouldn't surprise me at all if the developers start to bulldoze in order to lay claim to their contracts, (look we are "using it"), and then nothing more happens for a long time.
Can't see why anyone would want to go there for a holiday anyway. The place has nothing going for it whatsoever. Dodgy dirty and dangerous are the three words that come to mind when I think of it. I guess the only people who go there are those who don't know what's going on there.
