ASIA WATCH: High airfares, scams weigh on Cambodia's Angkor tourism

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Foreign visitors to Cambodia's northwestern Siem Reap province, home to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Angkor temple complex, are falling sharply as high travel costs and the country's reputation as a base for organized fraud deter overseas travelers.

Worsening conditions in the Middle East have reduced flight availability and pushed up travel costs, deterring visitors from Europe, a key market.