Tourists are recreating the 'Temple Run' video game in a Cambodian temple. Historians are horrified.

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 12:02

Tourists at Angkor Wat in Cambodia — The UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor Wat is reportedly dealing with disrespectful tourists emulating a popular video game.
Xinhua News Agency

TikTok videos shot at a UNESCO World Heritage Site have some historians concerned.
Tourists in the videos recreate the "Temple Run" video game at Angkor Wat, running through the temple.
One filmmaker and researcher specializing in the region called it a "disaster waiting to happen."

A series of TikTok videos showing tourists reenacting a video game run through a 900-year-old Cambodian temple complex has some conservationists and historians up in arms.