Virtual Travel & Island Guide with Info about People, Visitors, Seasons, Weather &
Hotel-Situation on Ko Chang.
www.KoChangVR.com
- Virtual Reality (VR),
Panorama Pictures, Photos and Information.
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People,
Visitors, Seasons, Weather & Hotel-Situation
- Ko Chang Information
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(Shrimp farm north of Baan Salak Khok at the East Coast of Ko Chang in Thailand)
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Ko Chang's
Population
The majority of the almost 5000 island inhabitants live
off the cultivation of coconut, rubber production, fishing
or off the yield of shrimp farms. Meanwhile more and
more island inhabitants find work in the expanding tourism
industry.
Visitors
The first Farang (foreigner)
arrived on Ko Chang in 1987. In the year 1998 already
over 70,000 holidaymakers visited the island - and the
number is rising continuously, particularly because
of the improvement of the infrastructure and increasingly
more comfortable accommodations. |
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Also the proximity to Pattaya (3 - 4
hours by bus to Trat) and Bangkok (5 - 6 hours) attracts
additional visitors to the island.
At the weekends, public holidays and vacations many
Thais come from Bangkok and the closer vicinity for
a short stay to Ko Chang, so that well over half of
all yearly visitors are Thai people. The average duration
of stopover of the non-Thai holidaymakers amounts to
5 days. |
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Travelling-Time & Weather on Ko Chang
Ko Chang, like the rest of Thailand, has 2 seasons,
the rainy season here lasts from June until October
and the dry season from November until May. Most visitors
are on the island between December and March, this is
also the best time for a stay, since the temperatures
rarely exceed over 30° Celsius. In November and
December it can become occasionally quite cool because
of the wind in the evening and at night.
The month with the most rainfall is August with an average
700 mm of rain per square metre. |
After the monsoon in winter, the water level is considerably
higher than in summer - as you can see at the picture
on the right hand. The picture to the left was shot
in December 2001 the picture to the right in May 2004.
Click here for online weather
in Chantaburi (about 80 km from Ko Chang)!
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Some hotels and bungalow resorts close during the monsoon season,
but most resorts are open all year round. Those who
are looking for peace and solitude will not regret visiting
in the months with heavier rainfall for it doesn't rain
every day and all day long.
Hotel-Situation on Ko
Chang, Ko Kood, Ko Kham and the closer islands
Because Ko Chang
& the near islands
are so close to Bangkok
a lot more Thais
come to the islands
as in other tourism-centres
of Thailand. The season
on Ko Chang & the surrounding
islands
lasts longer than on the other islands
in Thailand.
And because of the Tsunami there were more tourists on Ko Chang and the near islands as in the years before!
During the high peak
season, particularly Thai public-holidays,
long weekends or during the European and Thai
vacation times, shortages in accommodations
may occur. It may pay to book in advance to avoid inconveniences
or prepare yourself for a night at the beach,
in the restaurant or in the hammock.
In 2006 all our resorts except the Amari Emerald Cove
Resort were already full in October for the time around
Christmas and New Year!
Especially if you want to come to
Ko Chang, Ko Kood,
Ko Kham or the
closer islands between December the 20th to January
the 10th, at Chinese New Year (at black-moon between
the 21st of January and the 19th of February) and April
the 13th to 15th (Songkran - Thai New Year), you should
do your reservations
months in advance - these times of the year the resorts
on the islands
are mostly full! |
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