Pailin Hotels

Pailin is a city (krong) at the northern edge of the Cardamom Mountains, in the west of Cambodia near the border of Thailand. The municipality is surrounded by Battambang Province and was officially carved out of that province to become a separate administrative division after the surrender of the Ieng Sary faction of the Khmer Rouge in 1996. Pailin is known to much of the world for having long been a stronghold of the Khmer Rouge, remaining under their control long after they were defeated in 1979. On 22nd December, 2008, King Norodom Sihamoni signed a Royal Decree that changed the municipalities of Kep, Pailin and Sihanoukville into provinces, as well as adjusting several provincial borders. Pailin is originally a small forest zone which fulled of animal and several precious stones. Pailin is the transform word from the original Pan Len, refer by a tale about around the 18th or 19th century. During the control of France of that area, it was written in Latin with the sound and morphology of the words as Phailin. Later the word was shortened as Pailin by omitting " H "ាaim of a difficult pronunciation. In the recent years, Pailin suddenly meet the decline of Economy and Business. However, a new wave of tourism began found depend on its ancient temple, natural forest, animals and especially the precious stones.