There
are around 50,000 people living on Ko lanta during the season (October
- May) and there are only around 20,000 people live in the low season.
Mostly living by resort, tour & services business and the rest
is farming and fishery.
Ko Lanta
population mixed with Thai, Thai-Chinese and Thai-Muslim but the
different of the culture is not significance. All the people still
keep the Thai style living life with Thai hospitality and smail.
The southernmost
of Ko Lanta has a village called Ban Sang Ga U. Here is the Sea
Gypsea village. Sea gypsy were originally a nomadic boat people
of Indo-Malay origin who lived a subsistence based fishing livelihood.
One can walk through the villages today and realize they seem no
different than the average Thai, but they still retain their own
language, culture and close ties to the sea.
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