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Koh
Tao Hotel and Travel Guide
Tao
Island is located on the east coast of Surat Thani Province
,45 kilomaters to the northwest of Pha Ngan Island.Its total
surface area is 21 square kilometers or approximately 13000
rais. Frpm noth to sount it is 7.5 kilometers long and from
east to west it is 4.5 kilometers wide.Allmost all of the
island is mountainous.There are two amall island nearly;
Nang Yuan Island which measures about 202 rais whis has
a sand bar which connects its three islands together,and
Gong Sai Dang Islands (Shark Island),a tiny island to the
northeast of Koh Tao which has a total area of just 6 rais
Tao Island in the Past
Before 1927 when Thailand was ruled by the People's Party,The
Department of Corrections used Koh Tao and KOh Tarutao,which
is locates is located on the west coast of thailand in satun
Province,as prisons for polictical prioners during the baworagej
and the Sergeant Revolutions.Later on this island was registered
as Royal Property and it was abandoned for a long time in
1937.More and more people came to settle here and now Koh
tao is a Tambon of Pha Ngan Island district ,Surat Thani
Province.There are three village o the island ;Hat Sai Ree,
Mae Hat and Chalok Ban Kaw
We
offer list of hotels in ko Tao Thailand with online booking
system. Hotels recommendations in koh Tao , Koh Tao Resort
,
AC Resort Koh Tao and Koh Tao Coral Grand Resort
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