Due to its richness of natural beauty, powder beaches and emerald sea. Phuket, the paradise attracting all tourists woridwide, is a modern city with equipped infrastructure to facilitate tourism activites.
Prior to a city of tourism. Phuket City was developed from a tin mining area. As tin has been demanded by global market, people were flooding into this city for mining industry, especially the Hokkian group either from Singapore, Penang or China. This group settled down at this city, introducing their culture, resulting in cultural distinctiveness in Phuket. Among others are Sino-Portuguese architecture, local cuisines, costumes, cutoms, and traditions, treasured and cherished by manhy generations until today. |