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Thailand's Trat Province is a gem-seeker's paradise. With the strings of talaat phloi (gem markets) lining many of its streets, it should be safe to assume that gem mining is its locals' main industry. Not only that, Trat is also distinct for its bustling market scene - said to contain more markets per square kilometer than any other place in the entire country. However, it is little known for anything else, other than for being a popular travel base for tourists heading to the resort paradises of Ko Chang and Ko Kood found in the Gulf of Thailand. Thus, it is mostly an unknown tourist frontier, often passed by many a foreigner without much of a second thought. It does have some attractions to speak of that are certainly worth a look - if one has the time...

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