Spanish company mulls game hunt in Cambodia: official

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2007

PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Cambodia is considering allowing a Spanish company to set up a game park with five-star facilities for well-heeled hunters in a remote northern province, officials said Tuesday.

Madrid-based NSOK Safaris has proposed opening the game reserve on more than 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) in Ratanakkiri province, according to senior wildlife official Chheang Dany.

"This is high-class eco-tourism .... The plan is to accommodate VIP guests," said Chheang Dany, deputy director of the Forestry Administration's wildlife protection office.

The proposal, which is being studied by the agriculture ministry, would help diversify Cambodia's tourism offerings beyond the famed Angkor Wat temple complex.

"After visiting Angkor Wat, tourists can go...