Cambodia Tourism
Cambodia (04/05)
During the 15th century, nearly all of Angkor was abandoned after Siamese attacks. The exception was Angkor Wat, which remained a shrine for Buddhist pilgrims. The great city and temples remained largely cloaked by the forest until the late 19th century when French archaeologists began a long restoration process. France established the Angkor Conservancy in 1908 to direct restoration of the Angkor complex. For the next 64 years, the conservancy worked to clear away the forest, repair foundations, and install drains to protect the buildings from their most insidious enemy: water. After 1953, the conservancy became a joint project of the French and Cambodian Governments. Some temples were carefully taken apart stone by stone and reassembled on concrete foundations. Tourism is now the second-largest foreign currency earner in Cambodia's economy, and Angkor Wat has helped attract international tourism to the country. ... [Read More]
Trafficking in Persons Report - June 14, 2004
Throughout the reporting period the government cooperated with numerous NGOs and international organizations on prevention, including the strengthening of community-based networks to inform potential victims of the risks of trafficking. The Cambodian government, through the Ministry of Women's and Veterans Affairs, continued to carry out information campaigns, including grassroots meetings in key provinces. It also worked with NGOs to produce workshops, pamphlets, and videos informing the public about the dangers of sex tourism, including child sex tourism. ... [Read More]
Cambodia
Most workers were subsistence rice farmers, and although there was an expanding service sector, most urban workers were engaged in small-scale commerce, self-employed skilled labor, or unskilled day labor. Unions also suffered from a lack of resources, training, and experience. Only a small fraction (estimated at less than 1 percent) of the labor force was unionized, and the trade union movement was still nascent and very weak. Unions were concentrated in the garment and footwear industries, where approximately 25 to 30 percent of the more than 200,000 workers were union members. In September, nine tourism and service industry unions joined to form the Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation, which represented over 3,500 hotel, casino, and airport workers. The one public-sector union operating in the country, the Cambodia Independent Teachers Association (CITA), was registered as an "association." Local and provincial authorities acting on the Government's orders banned most o ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
France is a destination country for women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and involuntary domestic servitude, primarily from Eastern and Central Europe and Africa. The number of Chinese women trafficked to France for sexual exploitation increased in 2004. The government estimates that there are 10,000 to 12,000 trafficking victims in France, 3,000-8,000 of whom are children forced into prostitution and labor. Nigerian trafficking networks continued to expand their activities in France. Trafficking of Brazilian women and girls for sexual exploitation to French Guiana — a French possession — remained a serious problem. The Government of France fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Although the government did not provide full data on investigations, prosecutions, convictions, and sentences, the Secretary of State has ... [Read More]
Investment Climate Statement
Foreign Investment Statistics Total foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Cambodia for the years 1995-2002 are presented in the table below. [Read More]
US Dept of State - U.S. Law Enforcement Targets Child Sex Tourism
Since the law was enacted, eight U.S. residents have been placed in federal custody on charges of child sex tourism. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, conducted the investigations leading to these arrests. Formed in 2003, ICE has the lead in investigating cases related to child sex tourism and pornography, alien smuggling, human trafficking and other crimes affecting young people. ... [Read More]
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