Virtual Travel & Island Guide with Information about Population, Visitors, Seasons, Weather & Hotel-Situation on Ko Chang. www.KoChangVR.com - Virtual Reality Panoramas (VR), Panorama Pictures, Photos and Information.     Home / Languages   + Bookable Hotels  +   + More Hotels / Bungalows  +   + Ko Chang Information  +   + Beaches & Bays  +   + What to do?  +   + Real Estates & Property  +   + Ko Kood Special  +   + Ko Mak Special  +   + Islands near Ko Chang  +      Mainland around Trat  + Thailand Information  +      Angkor Wat / Cambodia  + Cambodia Tours  +   + Links & Banner     +      Your Advertisement here! Current Page: Ko Chang Information --> People, Visitors, Seasons, Weather & Hotel-Situation 1 Page back People, Visitors, Seasons, Weather & Hotel-Situation - Ko Chang Information - (Shrimp farm north of Baan Salak Khok at the East Coast of Ko Chang in Thailand)   About us / Contact    Current Thailand Weather     Sitemap       Currency-Converter      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 in 2007 almost 685.000 visitors came - and the number is rising continuously.     Particularly because of the improvement of the infrastructure and increasingly more comfortable accommodations. 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 almost two third of all yearly visitors are Thai people. However the number of foreign visitors is increasing quicker compared to the number of Thais which regressed 2007 for the first time compared to the preceding year. The number of foreign guests rose 2007 for about 25 % compared to 2006 while the number of Thai visitors declined a little bit more than 2 %.   The average duration of stopover of the non-Thai holidaymakers amounted to 4 days in 2007 while the Thai visitors spent only about 2 days on Ko Chang. (Source: Tourism Authority of Thailand) Travelling-Time & Weather on Ko Chang Ko Chang, like the rest of Thailand, has 2 seasons. The rainy season here lasts from May until October, the dry season from November until April. Dry season can be divided into 2 periods: the cold time between November and January and the hot time from February until April. 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. 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 (Kai Bae Beach). The picture to the left was shot in December 2001 the picture to the right in May 2004. The month with the most rainfall is August with an average 700 mm of rain per square metre. Click here for online weather in Chantaburi (about 80 km from Ko Chang)!   Only a few hotels and bungalow resorts close during the monsoon season, most of the resorts are open all year round. Those who are looking for peace and solitude will not regret visiting the island during rainy season. There are also sunny days and usually it doesn't rain every day or all day long, quite often only at night time. The panorama picture on the right (Lonely Beach) was taken at July the 21st 2008.   Hotel-Situation on Ko Chang, Ko Mak, Ko Kood, Ko Rayang 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 and the surrounding islands lasts longer than on the other islands in Thailand. 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 and 2007 almost all of our resorts were already full in October for the time around Christmas and New Year! Especially if you want to come to Ko Chang, Ko Mak, Ko Kood, Ko Rayang 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!