The Government Will Sooner Control the Angkor Wat Entrance Ticket Operation , HE Said

[CEOCambodiaNews]

HE, the prime minister of Cambodia said, the government will sooner control the Angkor Wat Entrance ticket operation

Phnom Penh: According to Koh Santepheap Daily News, Speaking in a meeting with other ministers this morning, HE, the prime minister of Cambodia said, the government will operate the selling Angkor Wat entrance ticket by itself.

Note: Currently the government of Cambodia allowed Okhna Sok Kong company to operate the selling of Angkor Wat entrance ticket.

[phuketrichard]

Thank you google

Government revokes Angkor ticket sales from Sokimex group

Phnom Penh: The Government has decided to revoke the sale of tickets to visit Angkor Wat, which is currently owned by tycoon Sok Kong to govern themselves.

According to the spokesman for the Council confirmed this morning while the government held its weekly meeting at the Council of Ministers.

Phay Phan spokesman Council said when start meeting the Council on the morning of 06 November 2015, Samdech HE, told the meeting of Things Royal decided to take the management of ticket sales Angkor area from Sok Kong said.
Siphan said, adding that in the cabinet meeting, Samdech Techo HE decided to create a business enterprise to manage Angkor Resort Heritage Ministry and the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the inter-ministerial committee.

http://www.dap-news.com/2011-06-14-02-3 ... vice=xhtml

[Jamie_Lambo]

how will this effect the tickets? will they become cheaper or will we not notice anything different? are there any planned changes?

[StroppyChops]

"operate" and "selling" do not mean "own".

[Anchor Moy]

how will this effect the tickets? will they become cheaper or will we not notice anything different? are there any planned changes?

I imagine that the tickets will be half-price, the tuktuks will be free and all the large groups of Asian tourists doing selfies will disappear. There will also be free LongIslandIceTeas distributed at sunset.

If it meant that the money from Angkor Wat would go to financing the country instead of private investors, this would be good news for Cambodia IMO. Unfortunately, I think it just means that as the pie has grown bigger, so has the appetite.
People in, or connected with, SR tourism probably have more solid info on what this means or could mean.

[cptrelentless]

Assuming Kong is this guy's surname, is he related to the other CNRP Kongs?

[Anchor Moy]

Assuming Kong is this guy's surname, is he related to the other CNRP Kongs?

First name, isn't it ?
He's the Sok in Sokimex, Sokha etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokimex

[John Bingham]

His name is Sok Kong, he's ethnically Vietnamese, which led to those moronic rumors that Angkor Wat was sold to Vietnam. He first made his fortune in the 1980's dealing in gasoline from Vietnam, I think he had the contract to supply the military.

[StroppyChops]

His name is Sok Kong, he's ethnically Vietnamese, which led to those moronic rumors that Angkor Wat was sold to Vietnam. He first made his fortune in the 1980's dealing in gasoline from Vietnam, I think he had the contract to supply the military.

It wasn't sold to the Vietnamese (as in, Vietnam the country)?

[phuketrichard]

i was led to believe that "He" gave Sokha Hotels Co. Ltd, the ticketing rights for untold $$$$
now it seems "He" sees the $$$ it is making so is taking it back under Khmer ( his) control

The Temples are owned by the khmer people