TRAT: Holidaymakers are flocking to Koh Chang as Covid travel restrictions ease, with hotel reservations for the long weekend next week reaching 90% on the island and neighbouring Koh Mak and Koh Kut.

Building a bridge to connect Trat on the mainland to Koh Chang, the province’s popular island, will likely cost 10 billion baht, according to the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat).

The island of Koh Samui was once one of them, but it saw a boom in tourism in the 1970s and a further supercharging of interest due to the latest series of the hit show The White Lotus being ...