Das Ambiente ist hervorragend, ein Fischerdorf inmitten von Kokospalmen fronting Strand. Wie Surin, jedoch ist seine Bucht verflucht durch eine schlechte Sog.
The name Phuket (of which the ph sound is an aspirated p) is apparently derived from the word bukit in Malay which means "hill", as this is what the island appears like from a distance.