Part of eastern Thai island of Koh Kham for sale at B1.8bn

The island of Koh Kham in the eastern Thai province of Trat (photo: Trat office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand)
The province of Trat in eastern Thailand, Koh Kham, is located on the island of Koh Kham ( photo: Trat office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand ).

Facebook recently made headlines on Wednesday when it announced plans to sell Koh Kham area, along with unfinished resort homes in Trat’s northeast province, for 1.8 billion baht.

Apassara Sonsab, a Twitter user, claimed that the “private area” up for sale was the most stunning island in Trat, and that there were no available resort homes for the same sale price.

The island’s area for sale on the island, which the blog claims is about 10 rai, has a 300 meter long clear sand beach, and groups of gorgeous volcanic mountains. It is located about 35 kilometers away from Trat peninsula and about one kilometer away from Koh Mak.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Trat office responded to the Koh Kham selling comments by stating that visitors to the island by boat or yacht from Koh Mak, to observe volcanic rock structures and coral, and to take in the stunning environment.

Koh Kham, according to the company, was once a volcanic crater that lasted for hundreds of millions of years.

In 2014, the owner of the land was charged with bush and water invasion by building a 148-metre-long gate, a 480m-long slope and land restoration.

Nol Suwatchananont, chairman of the Koh Mak operational company, said a property rights record for the 10-rai story on Koh Kham had been sold several occasions.

He claimed that the present land subject, which a restauranteur in Chon Buri owned, was real and intended to sell.