# Unclear Future for Cambodia as Tourism Moves into the Mainstream

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**Created:** [June 16, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-future-for-cambodia-as-tourism-moves-into-the-mainstream/453078 "2008-06-16T03:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-future-for-cambodia-as-tourism-moves-into-the-mainstream/453078/1 "2008-06-16T03:58:19Z")

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Story [here](http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/20080307190/-Special-Supplements/Tourism-moves-into-mainstream.html).

Excerpt: “While Cambodia may be losing its identity as an extreme destination, there’s little consensus on what it has, should or will become …”

It also mentions the “flashpacker” phenomenon, which we’ve experienced in Thailand. Those are independent travelers who want both adventure and comfort.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-future-for-cambodia-as-tourism-moves-into-the-mainstream/453078/2 "2008-06-16T09:29:17Z")

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It’s too obvious. It’s just too fucking obvious. Has reality really caught up with ‘socially aware’ 80s punk songs?

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-future-for-cambodia-as-tourism-moves-into-the-mainstream/453078/3 "2008-06-16T14:42:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Derleth]  
It’s too obvious. It’s just too fucking obvious. Has reality really caught up with ‘socially aware’ 80s punk songs?  
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I for one will have a holiday there. I think I’ll take a cruise there, too, but which cruise line caters to those with a Lust For Life?