Top: large groups of birds can be seen in the Tropeang Thmor Reservoir (bottom).
By Khmerization
Source: DAP News
Tropeang Thmor Reservoir Natural Reserve in Banteay Meanchey province has attracted 10,000 tourists during the Pchum Ben Festival where they have come to watch birds and the reservoir. According to tourism officials, this is a big increase from the previous years.
Tropeang Thmor Reservoir is located in Tropeang Thmor village, Poy commune in Phnom Srok and is about 60 kilometres from the Banteay Meanchey provincial town of Svay Sisophon. According to officials, Tropeang Thmor Reservoir attracted large numbers of tourists during Pchum Ben, Khmer New Year, Chinese New Year, Independence Day and during the Water Festival.
Mr. Tha Ra, chief of Poy commune, said this year the reservoir had attracted 10,000 Pchum Ben revellers. He said the reservoir is derelict and he is calling on the government to maintain it. The reservoir has been repaired in 2004 and was funded by a grant from the Japanese government. Tropeang Thmor Reservoir was built between 1976 to 1979 during the Khmer Rouge regime. The reservoir has a bent shape like a rainbow and is 10 kilometres in width and 27 kilometres in length.
Tourists can see many different kinds of fish and birds at Tropeang Thmor Reservoir such as flamingo, pelicans, teals, cranes, water crows, bush crows, deers and antelopes. Tourists to Tropeang Thmor Reservoir can also visit the nearby Banteay Chmar temple, Banteay Torp (Troop Citadel) temple or Thnol Dach temple, Roloum Chrey Pagoda, Mebon Reservoir, Cheung Kruos Reservoir, the poetic villages of Dong Aranh, Koh Keo and Phnom Toch-Phnom Thom which have been featured prominently in the songs of 1960s and 1970s legendary singer Sin Sisomuth.
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