 The beach at Khao Lak before the tsunami of 2004 Khao Lak is a resort beach in Thailand, located 100 km north of Phuket in Takua Pa district, Phang Nga province and popular as a departure point for liveaboard scuba diving trips. Image File history File links Khao_lak. ...
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Phuket (Thai ภูเก็ต) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ...
Takua Pa (Thai: ตะกั่วป่า) is a district (Amphoe) in the province Phang Nga in the south of Thailand. ...
Phang Nga (Thai พังงา) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand, on the shore to the Andaman Sea. ...
Early ideas of autonomous under-water systems appear in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Scuba diving is the use of independent breathing equipment to stay underwater for long periods of time for recreational diving and professional diving. ...
The coast line here has a west-facing, sandy beach with tropical forest and rubber plantations on the hill slopes beyond the sand. A road runs roughly parallel with the beach and the town has grown up as a ribbon development of shops and dwellings, with tourist hotels between the road and the beach.
Economy
The local economy in the town is based on the tourist hotels, local shops and restaurants, and the diving trade. Most of the foreign tourists are European, many from Scandinavia, Germany and the United Kingdom. The wider area produces some rubber and palm oil; there is also a small amount of subsistence agriculture. World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...
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As a result of the serious damage by the tsunami in December 2004 (see below) the economy is now ruined and is expected to take about two years to recover. All the hotels have been seriously damaged and many will need to be completely rebuilt. It is likely that the Thai government will require the hotels to be relocated further from the beach.
2004 earthquake and tsunamis
 Tsunami inundation at Khao Lak; the resort area is in the middle Khao Lak was one of the areas of Thailand hardest hit by the tsunamis resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Many people died including many foreign tourists. The final death toll was at least 4000 and may exceed 5000, evenly split between local residents and holiday visitors. Download high resolution version (1987x1840, 720 KB)PIA06671: Tsunami Inundation, North of Phuket, Thailand ASTER Images and SRTM Elevation Model The Indian Ocean coastline near Phuket, Thailand is a major tourist destination that was in the path of the tsunami produced by a giant offshore earthquake on December 26, 2004. ...
Download high resolution version (1987x1840, 720 KB)PIA06671: Tsunami Inundation, North of Phuket, Thailand ASTER Images and SRTM Elevation Model The Indian Ocean coastline near Phuket, Thailand is a major tourist destination that was in the path of the tsunami produced by a giant offshore earthquake on December 26, 2004. ...
The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ...
The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ...
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Among the casualties were Bhumi Jensen, grandson of the King of Thailand and well-known Finnish musician and TV-host Aki Sirkesalo and his family. Almost four years old at the time, Solitaire Meissmer was swept away at Khao Lak and remains the subject of a media-covered intensive search despite being formally identified in August 2005 as a victim. Prince Bhumibol Jensen Bhumi Jensen (Thai: ภูมิ เจนเซ่น, always called Bhumi คุณพุ่ม; or Khun Poom) (August 16, 1983 - December 26, 2004), was a grandson of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, after whom he was named. ...
Finnish musician Aki Sirkesalo (b. ...
Solitaire Meissmer is the subject of a wide-spread search in the Thai province of Phang Nga in north Phuket. ...
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