PHUKET'S ECONOMY AFTER TOURISM
Phuket's economy has been growing rapidly as tourism starts. Tourism has a huge impact on the island, more than 80% of the jobs on the island are involved with tourism. Phuket now has more than 3 million visitors each year. Before Phuket became a place people would come to relax for the holidays, Phuket's economy was all about tin mining and rubber from the rubber trees and cashew nuts.
Phuket's economy has been growing rapidly as tourism starts. Tourism has a huge impact on the island, more than 80% of the jobs on the island are involved with tourism. Phuket now has more than 3 million visitors each year. Before Phuket became a place people would come to relax for the holidays, Phuket's economy was all about tin mining and rubber from the rubber trees and cashew nuts.
Pearl and Prawn farming is also rather famous in Phuket, marine products are easy to get on the island.
Local people are not gaining a lot of income because the hotel and business developers are taking over the economy.
Local people such as the Sea gypsies used to be able to sell fish to the tourists directly and get more money but the developers are taking advantage of that and buying it from them in a cheaper price and selling it with more profit.
The amount resources on the island is dropping more and more due to the increasing rate of tourist.
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