{"id":2174,"date":"2015-02-08T10:10:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T08:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2015-04-22T10:11:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T08:11:15","slug":"phuket-samui-named-best-destination-newlyweds-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2174-phuket-samui-named-best-destination-newlyweds-lovers","title":{"rendered":"Phuket and Samui named best destination for newlyweds and lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand\u2019s reputation as one of the world\u2019s most romantic destinations was further enhanced recently when two top travel and lifestyle publications voted the islands of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/en\/cities\/phuket.php\">Phuket<\/a> and Samui as among the world\u2019s most romantic destinations and perfect honeymoon settings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2334\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/koh-samui-bophut-beach-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"ko samui thailand\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/koh-samui-bophut-beach-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/koh-samui-bophut-beach-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/koh-samui-bophut-beach.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bophut beach, Koh Samui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just short of Valentine\u2019s Day, the highly-respected travel website, Fodors.com named Phuket as one of the world\u2019s Best Honeymoon Destinations for 2015, while <em>VeryFirstTo.com<\/em>, a luxury retail site that caters for wealthy tourists, rated the Southern Thai island of Samui as one of the top ten romantic destinations in the world, alongside cities; such as, Paris and Venice.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fodors.com<\/em> praised <strong>Phuket<\/strong> as a <strong>honeymoon destination<\/strong>, citing its endless soft white sandy beaches, electric blue waters and the world\u2019s best sunsets. Also singled out was the fine dining the island can boast as well as temples, five-star resorts and nearby excursions. Other honeymoon destinations featured in the Fodors list included Milan, Las Vegas and St. Barts.<\/p>\n<p>In the Thai Gulf, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/eng\/cities\/koh-samui.php\">island of <strong>Samui<\/strong><\/a> was rated highly as a <strong>romantic destination<\/strong> by 581 members of VeryFirstTo.com. The survey asked \u201cwhich is the most romantic destination in the world?\u201d to establish which destinations should appear in the Valentine\u2019s holiday organised in partnership with tour company Hurlingham Travel. Paris, Venice and St. Moritz were cited, with Samui being chosen for its friendly island atmosphere, unique culture and fine dining.<\/p>\n<p>TAT Governor, Mr. Thawatchai Arunyik said,<em> \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful that Thailand\u2019s loveliest islands are being recognised as romantic hotspots just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day. But Thailand is a romantic destination for couples and honeymooners all year round. Phuket and Samui are known for their lovely beaches, stunning scenery, warm sea, ever-friendly people and range of fun activities to enjoy, as well as being home to some of the finest hotels in Asia: everything a couple in love could ask for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tatnews.org\/phuket-samui-named-best-destination-newlyweds-lovers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">TAT press release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand\u2019s reputation as one of the world\u2019s most romantic destinations was further enhanced recently when<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-generalities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2335,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions\/2335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}