PHNOM PENH, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Angkor (ICC) will hold its 21st technical meeting on June 5-7 in Siem Reap province, according to a press release from the UNESCO-Cambodia on Wednesday.
The first day of this meeting will be spent on a site tour at Toap Chey archaeological excavation, according to the press release. The field tour will also highlight the presence of Cambodian experts working on the site, including architects and archaeologists.
The following days will be devoted to a number of presentations by specialists, featuring themes on sustainable development, conservation and archaeological research on tourism and community development, it said.
Sok An, deputy prime minister and minister in charge of the Council of Ministers, and Anne Lemaistre, UNESCO representative in Phnom Penh, will chair the meeting.
Angkor archeological park was inscribed in the World Heritage list on Dec. 14, 1992. After the enlistment, the ICC was established. It is the international mechanism for coordinating all assistance extended by different countries and organizations.
It ensures the consistency of the different projects, defines the technical and financial standards and raises the attention of all concerned parties when necessary, said the press release.
The Angkor archeological park is the country's largest cultural tourism destination. It is located in Siem Reap province, some 315 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.
According to the latest figures from the Tourism Ministry, the site attracted 639,800 foreign tourists in the first three months of this year, up 45 percent compared to the same period last year.
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