HERTFORD, ʻEnelani - Ua piʻi aʻe nā helu huakaʻi i Thailand. Mai Ianuali a Mei 2012 ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi honua i Thailand e 7.27% ʻoiai ke emi nei ka hoʻokele waiwai honua. Ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kipa mai Britons ma 12% i Mei 2012 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka manawa like i ka makahiki 2011. Ua hoʻokūpaʻa kēia hana ikaika i ke kūlana o Thailand ma ke ʻano o kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana loa ma ka honua, i kēia manawa he 11th e ka UN World Tourism Organization.

ʻO Phuket ka mokupuni kaulana loa o Thai. He mokupuni mauna ia i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā kahakai one gula i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā wai mahana o ke Kai Andaman. Hiki i nā lā hoʻomaha ma Phuket ke hoʻokomo i nā papa kuke Thai, ka ʻaina ahiahi ma luna o ka moku Thai kuʻuna a me ka holo ʻana ma kahi moku huelo lōʻihi i Phang Nga Bay Marine Park. Hāʻawi nā lā hoʻomaha o Phuket i ka waiwai kūʻokoʻa no ke kālā.

Hāʻawi ʻo Koh Samui ma waho o ke kahakai hikina o Thailand i kahi wikiwiki o ke ola ma mua o Phuket. Aia nā luakini a me nā wailele e ʻike i uka a me kahi kahakai nani e makaʻala. Hiki mai ʻo Koh Samui i ke ola i ka pō me nā ʻano hale ʻaina, nā kīʻaha, nā kaola a me nā hui e hāʻawi ana i kahi hui hoʻokipa o ka moʻomeheu Thai a me ka honua.

Ma hope o ke kai eʻe i ka makahiki 2004, ua kūkulu hou ʻo Koh Phi Phi iā ia iho i ʻoi aku ka nani a me ka hoʻokipa mākaʻikaʻi.