Samut Songhram

Blog post and photographs by Peter Hemenway

Samut Songkhram Province in Thailand is among the largest seafood processing industrial areas in the entire country. It is also among the top four coastal provinces in Thailand in attracting migrant workers, primarily from Myanmar. Proportion of local population and migrant workers at a ratio of 2:1. Included in these figures is an estimated number of 100,000 illegal migrant workers.

To read about what it is like to be an immigrant in Thailand read the blog post Kla https://www.peterhemenwaytravels.com/blog/kla

Salt production , lychee fruit, and coconuts are major commodities and also of course fish, in this Provence.

The Amphawa Floating Market is a famous tourist attraction.

Amphawa Floating Market