Koh Samui Holiday Villa Rental
History of Koh Samui
History
It is thought that Koh Samui was first inhabited around 1,500 years ago by fishermen from the Malay Peninsula and Southern coast of China. The island is referenced on ancient Chinese maps, which date back to 1687, as 'Pulo Cornam'. The word 'Samui' may be an extension of the name of a native tree, Mui, or may possibly originate from the Chinese word 'saboey' which means 'safe haven'.
Until tourism came to Koh Samui, the island was an isolated community, with little contact to the mainland. Before the island's first roads were build in the 1970s, the journey from the east to west coast was a 15 kilometre trek through the island's central belt of mountainous jungle.
Koh Samui has a population of around 55,000 people with an econony that depends on a successful tourist industry as well as the exporting of coconut and rubber.
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Until tourism came to Koh Samui, the island was an isolated community, with little contact to the mainland. Before the island's first roads were build in the 1970s, the journey from the east to west coast was a 15 kilometre trek through the island's central belt of mountainous jungle.
Koh Samui has a population of around 55,000 people with an econony that depends on a successful tourist industry as well as the exporting of coconut and rubber.
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