Phuket property

Phuket property for sale

Phuket today is Thailand's major tourist attraction.The surrounding waters contain varied marine life, and the town is notable for Sino-Portuguese architecture. It is a very attractive island for sightseeing, with lovely seashores and forested hillsides. There is approximately 1.75 million rai of the area is forest land. The main plantation is rice farming. As an island connected by bridges to southern Thailand's Andaman Sea coast, in the Indian Ocean, Phuket is surrounded by 32 smaller islands with a total area of 570 square kilometres. 70 percent of Phuket is mountainous; a western range runs from north to south. The highest peak is Mai Tha Sip Song, or Twelve Canes, at 529 meters, which lies in Tambon Patong. The remaining 30 percent of the island, mainly in the centre and south, is formed by low plains.

Economy
Since the early 1980s, tourism industry has been Phuket's major source of income. Hotels, restaurants, travel companies, and souvenir shops are much in evidence on the west coast. While tin mining has ceased, tourism is the island's only activity. Agriculture remains important to many people, covering the most part of the island. Principal crops are rubber, coconuts, cashews, and pineapples.

Prawn farming has largly taken over the east and south coasts. Pearl farming is also important. Phuket's fishing port is at all time filled, and processing of marine products, mainly fish, makes a significant contribution to the economy.