What would you like to see on Phi Phi one year from now, 5 years from now?

The choices you are making now are driving that change.

If you only come for the all night party and beach bar experience and this is the only way you spend you money on the island - then you are inadvertently encouraging that business to thrive and helping to kill off other experiences.

If you only eat or buy drinks from 7-11 because its cheaper, it won't make the other options reduce their price, the street stalls and restaurants and small bars will just disappear.from lack of income - they simply cannot compete with the buying power of a international giant.

If you complain because the bathrooms are Thai style or the breakfast is not European, or that the staff don't speak very good English then the 'Thai'ness of Phi Phi will disappear.

if you buy nothing from the shops or stalls because its not the cheapest version you have seen on your travels, these small businesses will not be able to pay their rent, they will also disappear.



If you drop your cigarette butt in the sand, others may do the same - how long before the beach is polluted?



On a small island your choices are so powerful in their effect to drive change, so think outside the box, accept its a little bit more expensive here than the mainland and try to spread your tourist money around to encourage diversity of trade and experience that will keep Phi Phi Island a tropical paradise.