Koh Samet, with a total area of about 4,200 rai, is a relatively small island, but because it is fairly close to Bangkok and has fine beaches it has long been popular among tourists, as well as ...

Koh Samet is the most popular island destination of the park. It is located about 6.5km from the mainland and can be reached by either a 40-minute ferry ride or a 20-minute speedboat service.

“We want to announce that Koh Samet will no longer be using plastic bags.” On average, 1,500 tourists visit the island per day, who use approximately eight plastic bags each during their stay.

Tourists staying at Ao Phrao (Phrao Bay) on Thailand’s island of Koh Samet have been evacuated as the bay turned black from an oil spill over the weekend. Authorities estimated that around 5,000 ...

Koh Chang may also go into lockdown, and is only allowing residents on or off the island for essential reasons. All Koh Samet’s hotels and resorts have been ordered to close until at least 10 May.

Business owners on Koh Samet island are suing a state-owned petroleum enterprise for the oil spill that polluted the resort island's beaches last year. More than 50,000 litres of crude oil leaked ...

File picture shows a tour boat unloading tourists on a beach on the small resort island of Ko Samet some 200 kilometres southeast of Bangkok, October 26, 1998.