Abandoned for long periods of time, modern infrastructure has made the location easily accessible as re-development is taking place.

Bokor Hill was abandoned first by the French in late 1940s, during the First Indochina War, because of local insurrections guided by the Khmer Issarak.

[3] Thanks to modern infrastructure 3,540 ft (1,079 m) high Bokor can now conveniently be reached via National Highway 3 near the town of Kampot.

The strategic importance of the location is underlined by the fact that the Cambodian authorities maintain a ranger station on the site.

The project was announced on Jan 19th 2008, construction of the road and resort was expected to take 30 months at a cost of US$21 million.

[5] The subsequent re-development is budgeted at US$1 billion over the next 15 years after which a further application may be submitted to create a larger Bokor city, the plans for which are unknown.