Fishing vessels and boats, typically used to ferry tourists, sit idle off the popular tourist island of Koh Phangan, Thailand, in July 2020. Photo: AP Photo.

A major oil spill on Sunday, July 28, coated Ao Phrao beach on the popular tourist island of Koh Samet in northern Thailand. Authorities estimate that around 50,000 liters (13,200 gallons) of ...

KOH PHANGAN, Thailand -- It is 9 a.m. on a sultry Sunday morning off the coast of Koh Phangan, a popular tourist island in the Gulf of Thailand. More than 30 divers are getting ready to plunge ...

A major oil spill on Sunday, July 28, coated Ao Phrao beach on the popular tourist island of Koh Samet in northern Thailand. Authorities estimate that around 50,000 liters (13,200 gallons) of ...

Linda Meads explains why you should double your island time in the Gulf of Thailand. The Thai islands of Koh Samui and Koh Phangan may be only a short ferry ride from one another but they're quite ...

Flights run regularly between Bangkok and the main island of Koh Samui all day. From Koh Samui you can take a speedboat to Koh Phangan, which run all day too (I caught the speedboat around ...

Hayes & Jarvis (01923 735 831, hayesandjarvis.com) is offering a multicentre holiday to Thailand from £1,299 per person, including three nights at the Pariya Resort & Villas in Koh Phangan, three ...

Koh Phangan’s lush, green environment was barely touched by development. Fishing, coconuts and rubber trees were the livelihoods of the majority of locals. “I was happy.

In this edition we head to Thailand's Koh Phangan island. What was once a small and remote fishing community has become a mass tourist destination fuelled by a party scene of industrial ...