Karon Beach
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Karon Beach refers to a beach, and the town adjoining it, on the western coast of Phuket
, Thailand
.
The beach is a popular destination for tourists. Generally quieter than neighbouring Patong Beach
, it is especially popular among families and couples, and less popular with singles than Patong. It is also especially popular with Scandinavia
n tourists, with many businesses catering especially to them.
Karon Beach was heavily damaged by the tsunami
s following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
, especially in its southern regions, but has since largely recovered and by 2008 showed little evidence of tsunami damage.
Phuket Province
Phuket , formerly known as Thalang and, in Western sources, Junk Ceylon , is one of the southern provinces of Thailand...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
.
The beach is a popular destination for tourists. Generally quieter than neighbouring Patong Beach
Patong Beach
Patong Beach refers to a beach on Phuket's west coast, and to the town adjoining it. It is the main tourist resort in Phuket. It also contains an important center of Phuket's nightlife and is the center of inexpensive shopping on the island. The beach became popular with Western tourists,...
, it is especially popular among families and couples, and less popular with singles than Patong. It is also especially popular with Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n tourists, with many businesses catering especially to them.
Karon Beach was heavily damaged by the tsunami
Tsunami
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
s following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
, especially in its southern regions, but has since largely recovered and by 2008 showed little evidence of tsunami damage.