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Patong beach is the cynosure of every eye for anyone who wants to visit the Phuket islands of Thailand. Its well maintained beaches and a busy and fun-filled nightlife are the key features for attracting tourists. However, the area is very densely populated but it is in no way a hindrance to people who want to who would love to enjoy their day.

Among the vast number of men and women who visit Patong, most of them are single Western males who are on a lookout for great playful night. The well kept beaches provide them with the ideal platform to have a enjoy themselves. However there is more room for development.

Patong not only has the conventional nightlife full of bar girls and go-go bars but it also has its own unique ways of entertainment.

Patong has night clubs, several salsa clubs dance bars, and modern hangouts which are in no way inferior to any modern nigh club. It has numerous beer bars and the most famous among them is the Soi Bangla whose beer and hot bar girls make it a paradise on earth.

The beaches of Patong present a very busy life style. On one hand you wil find tourists sunbathing or relaxing under umbrella shades, while on the other hand there are hawkers selling ice-creams, people renting their jet-skis, tattoo makers and massage givers.

For all the food lovers who visit the beach, there is no disappointment for them as the streets are lined with numerous restaurants each having a delicacy of its own. The tourists might find the food a bit heavy on their pockets but its worth it. The restaurants cater to tastes of all kind starting from Italian to Chinese. However, Italian restaurants are a bit more in number than others.

The island of Patong faces a serious problem from the adamant and unruly tuk-tuk drivers. Almost every tuk-tuk drivers are hardworking gentlemen but there are some authoritative and pugnacious tuk-tuk drivers who are very domineering and quarrelsome. They engage in heated arguments with any person who parks his vehicle in their parking area, but it must be noted that there is no such legal parking area provided to them. All the various means tried by the government to bring an end to their authoritative and domineering effect in the area has been met with strong resistance by them.

On the whole Patong can be considered as a nice tourist destination with beautiful beaches and Thai women.