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Thailand has hundreds of islands both in the Gulf of Thailand and in the Andaman Sea.The islands of the central Gulf of Thailand are mostly located near the coast. Formerly most of the islands in Thailand were uninhabited, but in recent times many have been developed for
Khao Lak (Thai: เขาหลัก, pronounced [kʰǎw làk]) is a small village in Phang Nga province, located South of the main mountain.Tour operators like to use the popular name as location for a series of other villages, now tourist-oriented, mainly in the Takua Pa District of Phang Nga Province, Thailand.
The resort area of Khao Lak some 80 km north of Phuket was hit far worse with 3,950 confirmed deaths. However, the death toll in Khao Lak may have exceeded 4,500. Khao Lak was the coastal area of Thailand hardest hit by the tsunami resulting from the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. [6]
TUI Travel PLC was a British leisure travel group headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex.The company was formed on 3 September 2007 by the merger of First Choice Holidays PLC and the Tourism Division of TUI AG, which owned 56.4% of it. [2]
Khao Lampi–Hat Thai Mueang National Park is located in Thai Mueang district, 75 kilometres (47 mi) north of Phuket city and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Phang Nga town. The park lies just off Route 4 ( Phetkasem Road ).
Estimates of the total number of hotel rooms in Phuket vary. According to Oxfam, Phuket has approximately 60,000 hotel rooms to cater to its 9.1 million annual visitors. [41]: 7 Contrasting figures were presented in reports by the Bangkok Post in September 2019. One report indicated that Phuket has around 600 hotels comprising 40,000 rooms. [42]
Khao Sok National Park (Thai: เขาสก, pronounced [kʰǎw sòk]) is in Surat Thani Province, Thailand. Its area is 461,712 rai ~ 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi), [ 1 ] and it includes the 165 km 2 (64 sq mi) Cheow Lan Lake contained by the Ratchaprapha Dam.
Khao Rom is the highest mountain in Khao Yai National Park, measuring up to 1,351 meters above sea level. Reaching the peak of the mountain is only accessible on foot, which few people attempt to, except for forestry officers