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KHM - SOCIÉTÉ - TOURISME AUX TEMPLES DE ANGKOR
Avant de devenir une attraction touristique, la cit dâAngkor fut la capitale de lâempire Khmer du IXème au XVème siècle. A son apoge, elle comptait un million dâhabitant. Bâtie sur un système hydraulique unique, câest lorsque la cit perd le contrôle de lâeau que la civilisation connu son dclin.
Même si des explorateurs lâavait djà remarque, les Français revendique en 1860 la ÂÂdcouverte dâAngkorÂÂ, et cela connait un retentissement mondial.
Aujourdâhui, la beaut lgendaire du site attire deux millions de visiteurs par an et ça ne cesse dâaugmenter. Ce symbole de la civilisation Khmer est omniprsent au Cambodge, drapeau du pays, bières nationales, enseignes, paquets de cigarette.
La cit est devenue un vritable parc dâattraction ou les rites ancestraux ne servent plus quâà donn du contenu aux selfies.
KHM - SOCIETY - TOURISM AT THE TEMPLES OF ANGKOR
Before becoming a tourist attraction, the city of Angkor was the capital of the Khmer empire from the 9th to the 15th century. At its peak, it had a million inhabitants. Built on a single hydraulic system, it was when the city lost control of water that civilization declined.
Even if explorers had already noticed it, the French claimed in 1860 the "discovery of Angkor", and this had a worldwide impact.
Today, the legendary beauty of the site attracts two million visitors a year and it continues to grow. This symbol of the Khmer civilization is omnipresent in Cambodia, the country's flag, national beers, signs, cigarette packages.
The city has become a real amusement park where ancestral rituals are now used only to give content to the selfies.
