Baan Bang Rong was originally a port town named "Bang Long" in the Hokkien language, which refers to the prosperous canal. Baan Bang Rong CBT was established in 2001. Initially, the beginning of the tourism group here was not mainly focused on tourism but aimed to take care of the natural environment. Before starting community tourism, this area faced a problem of the mangrove forests being destroyed due to the government project. They cut down the mangrove trees for the charcoal industry and exported them abroad. Baan Bang Rong used to be the most abundant mangrove forest area in Phuket. There were very large mangrove trees, but all three to four thousand rai of the mangrove forest were demolished. There was almost no mangrove forest left.
