In this article, I’m going to be talking about the very beautiful island of Samui. It is shortened to Samui from Ko Samui. It is actually an island that is off the coast of Thailand. It is on the eastern side. Geographically, it is a part of an article I go. It was granted the municipal status, and it is now a self governed place. It has an area of 228 km². It also happens to be the second-largest island in the island.

The largest island happens to be Phuket.

In the year 2018, this place actually experienced a lot of tourist activities. More than 2.7 million tourists entered this place. It belongs to the country of Thailand, like I mentioned above. It is around 635 m at its highest elevation. At its lowest elevation, it is at sea level. The island was actually uninhabited until 1500 years ago. Since then, the most common people on the island or fishermen.

This island has actually appeared on Chinese maps, dating back to 1687. The origin of the name is actually unknown. It may even come from a word that is translated from Sanskrit or Tamil. A third possibility from its origins was actually led to the Chinese language. As it was their first port of call in Thailand, it actually became something that they loved a lot, and they evolved from it.
Until the late 20th century, Samui was an island that was isolated and self-sufficient. It had a self-sufficient community, and it had very little connection to the mainland of Thailand. The island was also without any roads until the 1970s. It is actually a 15 km journey from one side of the island to the other, and it may also involve a track that would take an entire day. There are a lot of mountainous central jungles that you would love to explore. Economy is based on successful tourism and also rubber and coconut. The economic growth was indeed brought about by modernisation.

Samui is in the Gulf of Thailand, like I have mentioned above and it is around 35 km north-east of Surat Thani town. It is also the most significant island in the arts up logo. The island also measures around 25 km at its widest point. To the north, you are basically populated by resort islands. When you go to Thailand, there will be a lot of islands that you should visit. This also happens to be one of the most popular tourist destinations. It is also very popular for tourists to visit all these islands in one single day with the help of a speedboat. You can book these tours when you reach Thailand.