Phuket people 'least happy' in Southern Thailand, says poll

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Phuket people 'least happy' in Southern Thailand, says poll

Police at the scene of a motorbike crash, apparently 12km from 'The Happy Place'. Photo

PHUKET: -- Phuket has more unhappy people than anywhere else in Southern Thailand, and the world is about to officially report it, according a recent survey conducted by the Prince of Songkla University (PSU) last month.

As part of its ongoing series of regular surveys, the PSU’s Academic Outreach Centre (AOC) in Hat Yai conducted its very first “Happiness of the Communities” survey for Southern Thailand in June.

The results have been forwarded to the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) for inclusion in the global World Happiness Report update for 2016. (See here.)

The AOC poll result showed that residents of Satun, south of Phuket, as the happiest people in the South, while residents in global tourism destination Phuket rated the least happy of all 14 southern provinces.

People living in Satun recorded an overall index score of 3.2595, compared with Phuket’s measly 2.9850, far below the average for the region: 3.1247.

According the results posted, the eight “happiest” provinces, in descending order, are: Satun, Songkla, Patthalung, Phang Nga, Narathiwat, Chumphon, Pattani and Surat Thani.

At the bottom, ranking above Phuket, are Nakhon Sri Thammarat and Ranong.

Even strife-torn Yala scored higher, ranking 11th on the index, one place below Krabi.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-people-least-happy-in-southern-thailand-says-poll-58478.php

-- Phuket News 2016-08-01

 

[how241]

How do they really know if these polls are accurate ?

[mesterm]

Depression from excessive amount of farangs and all the side-effects.

Edited August 2, 2016 by mesterm

[Jimi007]

Between all the over development and greed, losing most of the western tourism that used to be their cash cow and now being flooded by Chinese cheap Charlie tourists, along with all their tour buses, as well as all the underpass construction on the main road, no wonder no one is happy! 

[sahibji]

phuket  people, did you kill the goose that laid the golden egg.

this used to be  avery popular destination until it out priced itself compounded by so many cases of unfair practices by the tut tuks, the tailor and craft shops and over priced sea food.

you reap what you sow.