Phi Phi Islands
Phuket
The Phi Phi Islands are an island group in Thailand between the large island of Krabi and the Straits of Malacca coast of Thailand. The islands are administratively part of Krabi Province. Ko Phi Phi Don is the largest and most populated island of the group, although the beaches of the second largest island, Ko Phi Phi Le are visited by many people as well. The rest of the islands in the group, including Bida Nok, Bida Nai, and Ko Mai Phai, are not much more than large limestone rocks jutting out of the sea. The islands are reachable by ferries, speedboats or long-tail boats, most often from Krabi town or from ports in Phuket Province.
Phi Phi Don was initially populated by Thai Malay fishermen during the late-1940s, and later became a coconut plantation. The resident Thai population of Phi Phi Don remains more than 80 percent Muslim. The current population howeverif counting transient workersis more Buddhist than Muslim. The resident population is between 2,000 and 3,000 people (2018).
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Phi Phi Don was initially populated by Thai Malay fishermen during the late-1940s, and later became a coconut plantation. The resident Thai population of Phi Phi Don remains more than 80 percent Muslim. The current population howeverif counting transient workersis more Buddhist than Muslim. The resident population is between 2,000 and 3,000 people (2018).
Photo: Luxure (CC BY 3.0 au); Kjfmartin (CC BY-SA 3.0); No machine-readable author provided. Aclockworkorange~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims (CC BY-SA 3.0)