Coral Island.
Ranked, not rated.

// CASE STUDY 15 · KOH LARN GUIDE · OWNED ISLAND GUIDE · EST. 2026

EDITORIAL ISLAND GUIDE · OWNED PLATFORM · UPDATED JUNE 2026

"We visit. We don't sell placement."

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★ CASE STUDY 15★ KOH LARN GUIDE★ OWNED · TRAVEL GUIDE★ 8 BEACHES · RANKED★ 40฿ FERRY★ 0 PAID PLACEMENTS★ 8 LANGUAGES★ BUILT IN-HOUSE★

// 01 PROJECT METADATA

Project typeOwned platform

SectorTravel · island guide

Established2026

Last updatedJune 2026

ServicesBrand, web, editorial ops, local SEO

Built & run byPattaya Authority · in-house

OwnerTimPaemi Co., Ltd.

Paid placements0 · ever

★THE BRIEF ★NO TOUR-OPERATOR SPAM ★WE RIDE THE FERRY ★ONE HONEST GUIDE

// 02 THE BRIEF

The island off Pattaya.
Without the sales pitch.

Koh Larn search results are a wall of tour-operator packages and copy-paste "top things to do" lists written by people who never took the ferry. Pattaya Authority built the Koh Larn Guide as the independent alternative: all 8 beaches ranked, the 40฿ public ferry explained, and day-trip itineraries that actually work.

8 beaches. 13 things to do. The 40฿ ferry from Bali Hai. One honest island guide, published in 8 languages. The brief to ourselves: rank the swim, the water and the day you actually have — not the size of the car park.

// 03 THE APPROACH

Ride the ferry.
Rank what we find.

One rule: we visit, we don't sell placement. Beaches are ranked on water clarity, the quality of the swim and the crowd — not on who pays. No operator can buy a star, a ranking or a kinder write-up. Ever.

The structure mirrors how a day-tripper plans: pick a beach, get there, fill the day. Fast static pages in 8 languages, a daily "beach of the day", and itineraries from a tight half-day to an overnight.

★WHAT WE BUILT ★FOUR PILLARS ★RANKED · MAPPED · VISITED · MAINTAINED ★NO KICKBACKS

// 04 THE SOLUTION

The island,
ranked not rated.

The Koh Larn Guide runs on four operating pillars · each aimed at being the guide a visitor actually opens before they board the ferry.

// WHAT'S INSIDE

8 beaches, ranked.

All 8 Koh Larn beaches ranked — Samae, Tien, Tawaen, Nual and the quieter coves — on water clarity, swim quality and crowd, re-ranked every issue. Plus 13 ways to spend the day, in and out of the water.

// HOW IT'S ORGANIZED

Pick a beach. Plan the day.

Browse by beach, by "best for" (families, couples, snorkelling, quiet, sunset, budget) or by itinerary — half-day, full day, overnight, beach-hopping loop. Two taps to the day you want.

// TRUST THAT'S VISIBLE

We visit. 0 paid placements.

Every ranking comes from an actual visit, paid for like any tourist. No operator can buy a ranking. No sponsored stops. We rank what we found when we went.

// BUILT FOR EVERYONE

8 languages, one ferry.

Published in English, Russian, German, French, Chinese, Korean, Thai and Hindi. One island, eight ways in — because Koh Larn's visitors come from everywhere.

// 05 THE BRAND IN PRACTICE

koh-larn-thailand.com hero · flat editorial layout, dark ground with a bone stat band and a gold call-to-action strip. Built for a phone on the pier.

★THE OUTCOME ★8 BEACHES RANKED ★13 THINGS TO DO ★0 PAID PLACEMENTS

// 06 THE OUTCOME

8 beaches. 0 paid.

Every beach is ranked from a real visit and re-ranked each issue. The ferry price and pier tips are checked against what we paid on the day.

Beaches ranked

Re-ranked each issue

Things to do

In & on the water

Languages

EN · RU · DE · FR · ZH · KO · TH · HI

Paid placements

Ever. By design.

// 07 THE STACK

Built like a directory.
Maintained like a publication.

Same engineering bar as every site in the network · tuned for editorial trust, search ranking, and an update cadence that keeps the data accurate.

// HOSTING

Cloudflare Pages

Global edge network. Brotli compression. Free TLS. Push-to-deploy from git.

// FRAMEWORK

Astro static

Fast static output. Inline critical CSS. Self-hosted fonts. Minimal overhead.

// PERFORMANCE

Lighthouse 90+

Mobile-perfect target. Accessibility & SEO 100 on our own properties. WCAG 2.2 AA.

// SEO

TouristDestination schema

TouristDestination, Beach, BreadcrumbList per beach. Indexed for "Koh Larn", "Coral Island Pattaya", "Koh Larn beaches".

// EDITORIAL OPS

Re-verified on a cadence

Build pipeline tracks "last verified". Data re-checked on a real schedule. Maintained, not abandoned.

// READER UX

Beach + itinerary

Filter by beach, by "best for", or by itinerary length. Daily beach pick on the homepage. No endless scroll.

We visit. We don't sell placement.

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