14 Dec 2009 (The Scotsman)
(A similar story also appeared in The DailyMail, The Sun and on the BBC News website)

The perfect white sands and clear blue waters show an idyllic image of a tropical beach. …

21 Nov, 2009
The International Fishing Cup Tournament Asia kicked off on Friday in Ko Chang, Trat province. 15 fishing teams from Asian countries including Thailand have signed up for the competition.
Major General Jaraspim Therarak, the …

28 Nov, 2009
(From The Daily Mail, UK)

A British couple have become victims of a horrendous Clockwork Orange-style sex attack ordeal while on holiday in Thailand.  The professional couple had chosen the Thai holiday island of …

12 Nov, 2009
Residents of Koh Chang angered at losing land to the government in a dispute over decades-old satellite images have deferred a decision to close down the island after Culture Minister Teera Slukpetch stepped …

Nov 11, 2009
TRAT — Leaders on Koh Chang will decide today whether to close the tourist island to visitors to pressure the government to solve a long-running land dispute with the navy.
Residents, led by local …

BANGKOK, 9 November 2009 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) arranges an online marketing training program for Ko Chang tourism entrepreneurs in Trat province.
TAT information technology department director Phanom Kaributra said that the …

13 October, 2009
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Official in Trat province revealed statistics showing that in the past 5 years, Rip Currents caused more than 40 deaths in Ko Chang coastal area. Thus under the …

10 October 2009 IT’S like hiding an elephant: not easy, but the Thais have managed to keep Koh Chang, or Elephant Island, largely to themselves. This is an achievement given that Koh Chang, in the east of Thailand, in the province of Trat on the Cambodian border, is the second largest island in the kingdom after Phuket.

25 September 2009
Members of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) have seen their client numbers plunge 33 per cent, with only 1.12 million inbound tourists year to date as of this past Sunday.
The sharp …

18 Sept, 2009
Chairman of the Koh Chang Hotels and Resorts Association Sophon Junderm pointed out that the tourism business on Koh Chang saw obvious signs of recovery as 80% of rooms on the island have …