Meaning “hills leaning over each other” in Thai, Khao Phing Kan is a group of islands particularly popular with tourists.
Meaning “hills leaning over each other” in Thai, Khao Phing Kan is a group of islands particularly popular with tourists.
The islands are very recognizable thanks to Ko Tapu, which can be translated as “point island”; this 20-meter high rock located in the middle of the archipelago.
Made famous by the film The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974, tourism then developed on Khao Phing Kan until then rarely explored. The fauna and flora are particularly affected because of the household waste generated by careless visitors.
Since 1998, it has been forbidden for tourists to approach Ko Tapu by boat, in order to slow down the erosion of the rock.
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