The affair of Phuket with foreigners started about 400 years ago, maybe even more. Nightlife in Phuket came in about 50 years ago

 when the first tourists arrived from all over the globe to enjoy the great climate, the tropical atmosphere, the warm emerald colored waters and the open minded environment of the Thai society who don't always take everything so serious as other countries, in particular Europeans. Great Phuket nightlife was set up slowly and cultivated..

Over time, restaurants, bars, nightclubs opened, money poured in from abroad and Thailand all this created an environment where nightlife can thrive.

Great nightlife is on in Phuket every day of the week, from 8 pm to about 2 am, until recently it was 24 hours, but with the Thaksin government limitation came.

One of the reason for this rapid expansion was the way Thai people act, if someone opens a bar, a nightclub, hotel or whatever it immediately starts a snowball effect and 10 others around the corner just do the same, its a copy mentality regardless of the fact that enough business for maybe two or three, doesn't mean its enough for ten, but who cares about tomorrow ? Also the banks had a very tolerant attitude to lend money.

Upscale restaurants and bars mushroomed serving all kind of European and Asian food, the latest additions are Arab food restaurants and Russian restaurants. Nightlife spots in Phuket open and close continuously, there is a lot of investment capital around.

Resent hotel and shopping complex of huge proportions opened at Patong like the Young Ceylon mall creating lots of new opportunities for people from over Thailand. Plus the shopping malls along bypass road.

Nightlife in Phuket wont reach any saturation point soon, demand increase exponentially ever year, the latest tourist stream comes from Russia and the other former Soviet republics like Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other.

All this is very welcomed by thousands of Thai people without a job somewhere in the northern provinces of Thailand who travel to the far south trying to grab a piece of the tourist cake, where else should all this beautiful Thai ladies go to make some money with the "farang" ?  
 

Phuket is the capital of the southern Thailand nightlife with an extensive mix of bars, nightlife, nightclubs, discos and myriads of pretty Thai girls.

The number one in Phuket’s nightlife is for sure Patong with its long sandy beaches bathed in tropical sunshine and the Andaman Sea in the back.

Phuket is a ideal location for your nightlife holidays and has some of the best weather in south east Asia. Phuket Town has a couple of fine bars, vibrant nightclubs a partly old colonial architecture, colorful alleys boasting nightlife and noise.

Whole Phuket Island is a thriving party area in the evening witha real great night scene. Numerous pubs, bars, Phuket 

nightclubs, disco and nightlife girls are all waiting for you. Lap dancing venues, pole dancing bars with plenty of Thai bar girls and pole dancer moving their back for you, a night scene full of fun.

You can experience bars and nightlife with a great mix of music scenes from the 70's and 80's up to today, turned on by DJ and live music.

If you are hungry you can select from hundreds of restaurants offering Thai food, Indian food, Chinese, Italian, Burger, KFC and plenty of sea food. You can enjoy your dinner at beach restaurants just in front of great beaches in the picturesque towns and villages.