Ko Sukorn is home to around 2,500 Thai Muslims, mainly fishing families, but also farmers growing coconuts, rice and rubber in the islandˇs fertile interior. Trang province was dependent on tin mining until the first rubber seedlings were brought into Thailand around 1901  part of a long journey from South America via the neighboring Malay States. Rubber, palm oil and fishing are the mainstays of the province's economy. Tourism is making an increasing impact as Trangˇs Anadaman Coast and islands are increasingly developed and popularized.