Published on March 5, 2008

Tourism Haven to Become Digital Paradise

Phuket will not only be a paradise of tourism in the Asia-Pacific, it will also be a digital paradise. The project called the World Paradise of ICT R&D and Innovation is inviting global technology companies to set up innovation and research and development centres on the island in the next several years.

Rungruang Limchoopatipa, president of Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) said the agency will work with the municipality, TOT, CAT Telecom and the private sector to develop Phuket as a paradise destination for multinational companies and create a software industry in the province. This would also give local software developers better access to the latest technology.

He said the agency will develop an area of about 4,000 rai at the foothills of the mountains surrounding Phuket to set up an information and communications technology park.

The park will feature an innovation centre especially designed to help software developers work in a serene environment.

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