Spruced up Angkor Wat brings hope for Cambodia tourism recovery

This picture taken on April 8, 2022 shows tourists gathering to watch the sun rise over the Angkor Wat temple complex. - AFP

SIEM REAP (AFP): As dawn breaks, foreign tourists gather by the ancient towers of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, some of the lucky few to see the World Heritage Site with the crowds thin as the country recovers from the coronavirus.

Hopes are high that the temple complex, recently revitalised from repair work, will spearhead a recovery in tourism after the nation began re-opening to travellers last November.