CORAL ISLAND PATTAYA BEACH VIEW POINT
Hilltop lookout over a turquoise bay, coral reefs and a distant city skyline across the water.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Coral Island viewpoint above Samae Beach on Koh Larn traces how two quiet fishing villages turned into one of the busiest day-trip islands near Pattaya, with a single December day in 2023 drawing tens of thousands of visitors. You'll hear what that boom cost the reefs below the turquoise water, and what divers and officials have since tried against the damage. Take in the skyline across the bay before you learn how the story is going.
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