Tourists relax on a beach on Koh Tao in Surat Thani province in January 2022. (File photo: Supapong Chaolan)
SURAT THANI: A call to develop Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Phangan into world-class entertainment islands is gaining support from local tourism operators.
Foreign visitors to this small island chain in the Gulf of Thailand have grown steadily since the Test & Go entry restrictions ended on May 1 this year, according to local tourism businesses.
They agreed that a surge in tourist numbers has revived the local economy battered by over two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A newspaper columnist first floated the idea of bundling the three islands together as a major entertainment destination, and it has been well-received by…
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