Phuket is Thailand’s largest island with an area of 543 square kilometres and nestles against the Andaman Sea coast 862 kilometres south of Bangkok.

Phuket traditionally derives its wealth from tin and rubber. The island is blessed with magnificent coves and bays, powdery palm-fringed white beaches, sparkling island-dotted seas, genuinely hospitable people, comfortable accommodation, superb seafood, tropically vegetative mountains, lovely waterfalls and parks, and delightful turn-of-th-century Sino-Portuguese-influenced architecture, which creates an enchanting ambiance perfectly suited to total relaxation.

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