stakeholders sometime and the knowledge of community is very limited as well. Usually
visitors or tour companies who would like to visit or take their market to Chambok, they can
communicate with community by phone. The main company who often bring the tourists to
Chambok is Intrepid Tour Company. The good point for this community is that there are some
community members who are able to speak English.
3. Common concern for sustainability
Overall the project can be considered sustainable; problem is when number of guests goes
down due to riots, economic recession or instability.
4. Reaching small markets
CBET Chambok project has a website and newsletter it produces that are sent to guests. This
project also promoted through CCBEN’s website and guidebook to reach the potential market.
5. Shared and opposite interests
Quality improvement, the level of quality improvement between community and CBET
Chambok project is different. Community has very little idea of level of quality they need to
reach to satisfy guests. The conflict of interest within the site is very limited because the
project has set up the routine system for community members to provide services to tourists
regularly. They get wage based on their time devoting and their services providing to their
guest. Anyway people who are more qualified and active get more advantages and benefits
comparing to those who are poor in skills and knowledge and passive.
2.3 Banteay Chmar in Banteay Meanchey
2.3.1 Background Banteay Chhmar