Moken Sea Gypsies

Moken Tourism Team

This website shares unbiased information about the Moken people and Koh Surin National Park, to promote respectful interaction and a sustainable future.

Here you will find travel advice, support projects, research, and news media about the Surin Islands and the Moken, also known as sea nomads or sea gypsies.

The work of the Moken Tourism Team highlights the partnership between Koh Surin’s inhabitants and environment, and the struggle for autonomy faced by Moken people throughout the Mergui Archipelago.

Recent Media

The vanishing sea tribe, Al Jazeera 2014
No Word Worry, Project Moken 2014
The Moken and Modernity, Aeon Magazine 2013
Moken leave behind sea life, Gaurdian 2012
Moken and Globalisation, IRAP 2012
Stranded, Cultural Survival 2008

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