What is this place?
Answer: This place is the Tuol Sieng Genocide Museum.
Where is this place?
Answer: This place is in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.
Why do tourist visit this place?
Answer: To learn more about the cruelity of Pol Pot’s regime and the living conditions of the people then. It also allows Tourist to see what the people who experienced Pol Pot’s regime went through.
What are the sources of information for this place?
Answer:
A website set up by an explorer who reviews famous tourist destinations.(URL:http://
A website set up by a traveler who visits places of attractions (URL:http://www.
A website which shows all the war memorials in the world (URL:http://www.war-memorial.
What kinds of tourist visit this place?
Answer: Tourists who wish to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of Cambodia’s hellish 4 years under Pol Pot’s regime.
Is language barrier a problem between locals and tourists?
Answer: That depends. If the tourists speak english, then communication with the locals should not be a big problem. This is because most locals are able to at least speak conversational english. However, there are some locals that are unable to communicate in english and only speak the khmer language. My suggestion is that the tourists hire a guide which speaks their language so as to help them translate in case of a communication barrier between the tourists and the locals.
The Tuoi Sieng Museum was a school taken over by Pol Pot's security forces and used as a prison and torture area.Visitors get to have first hand experience of the living conditions of the people during Pol Pot's cruel regime of 4 years.
ReplyDeleteType of tourism: historical tourism
The Genocide Museum provides the tourists a look back on a sad history in Cambodia. Since the history is dark, this type of tourism can be considered as Dark tourism.
ReplyDeleteWe agree with the comments above. Due to the sad and tragic fate that the people have there,we also gain historical & political insights.
ReplyDeleteSheng Mei & Shuba-4R
wen and kat feels that this is dark and heritage tourism. tourists visit this place to learn and see how much the cambodians have suffered. the rich history cambodia has, has also attracted many.
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