From the way North to very first place new customers and staggering landscapes got a little island was at Jor Por
BEACHES
Surrounded by crystal clear waters, Koh Tao has naturally become in the grown into a scuba divers top destination in SE Asia.
The prisoners were all repatriated and transported to Suratthani on the mainland and the island was deserted yet again.
Straight after the horrible events of the December 2004 Tsunami, the type of visitors visiting Koh Tao have changed, before it had been a Mecca for back packers, year out students along their way North to Bangkok and beyond.
The Island has to offer a lot of popular things to do one being divingat many of Kho Taobays.
Koh Tao's reputation increased and quickly enlarged as it generally became known throughout the world through international travellers and adventurous visitors.
A culture shock to most people, but generally the island reacted with a passion to these new visitors, over the following months much change had taken place, new resorts, with more facilities, a new array of eating establishments offering different food from all over the world.
Initially this little island had no one living on it, frequented only by local fishermen from near by islands when looking for shelter during storms or when in need of fresh water and supplies.
KohTao now has twenty four hour electricity on the island to explore and soon the backpackernetwork was buzzing about the fantastic newly found island paradiseof KohTao.
Captivated by the beautiful beaches, the back of beyond aura, and of course the cheap living, backpackers soon arrived in droves.