Angkor Visitor Code of Conduct to enhance your experience and to preserve Angkor for generations to come, we kindly urge you to observe the following points:
1. Dress Code: Revealing clothes such as shorts and skirts above the knees and showing bare shoulders are prohibited in sacred places. Respectful dress is strongly encouraged in Angkor.
2. Sacred Sites: As Angkor is a sacred site, loud conversation, noises and other inappropriate behaviour in Cambodian culture are considered offensive and may disturb other visitors. Please keep calm and be respectful.
3. Smoking and Littering: As a member of the World Health Organization, Angkor has been a smoke-free site since 2012. Smoking cigarettes disturbs others, and cigarettes can start bushfires. To protect the environment, please do not smoke and litter.
4. Monks are revered and respected: If you want to take pictures, please ask for permission first. Women should not touch nor stand or sit too close to monks.
5. Monuments: Touching carvings, sitting on fragile structures, leaning on temple structures, moving or taking archaeological artifacts and graffiti are strictly prohibited. Backpacks, umbrellas with sharp tips, tripods and high heels are discouraged from being brought or worn inside the temples.
6. Restricted Areas: For your own safety and the conservation of Angkor, please comply with all signs on the site and be mindful of your steps at all times. Do not climb on loose stones.
7. Candy or Money to Children As buying items: giving candy or money to children encourages them not to attend school but to beg. If you wish to help the children, please consider donating to a recognized charity