Global Beachfront Land Price Comparison: Contiguous Coastal Land on the Gulf of Thailand

If you are comparing beachfront land worldwide, the hard part is never finding a sea view. It is finding three things at once: land that is contiguous rather than scattered, a unit price still at the low end, and a title a foreign buyer can register in their own name. Dara Sakor sits in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand, spanning an official 360 km² with roughly 90 km of coastline. Its Sea-Lake Phase 1 villa plots of 500 m² are priced at a flat US$70/m². This page places that number inside the global market.

1. Publicly listed beachfront land prices worldwide (external reference)

The table below excerpts ranges from public listings for horizontal reference, each cited with its source and query date. These are not our own figures and we have not verified them; our own pricing always follows the issued documents and the executed contract.

2. Can a foreign buyer hold the title in their own name?

Price is only half of it. The other half is what you actually end up holding, and that varies sharply between jurisdictions.

Thailand: a foreigner cannot hold land in their own name; the common routes are a long lease, generally capped at 30 years with renewal not guaranteed by law, or a Thai-majority holding company. Indonesia: foreigners cannot hold Hak Milik freehold ownership; the routes are Hak Pakai use rights or holding through an Indonesian legal entity. Vietnam: land is under all-people ownership, foreigners do not hold land, and foreign entities obtain time-limited use rights subject to approval. Philippines: the constitution restricts foreign land holding, leaving a Filipino-majority company or a long lease.

Cambodia, Sea-Lake Phase 1: a foreign buyer registers the 99-year long-term leasehold title under their personal name , and a valid passport is the only identity document needed. The underlying instrument is a Ministry of Land 99-year lease certificate expiring in 2107 . No nominee arrangement and no local company are required first. In a global comparison this is the most practical difference here.

The framings above for other markets are common public descriptions, not legal advice. If you need a formal compliance opinion on holding structures in a specific jurisdiction, say so and we will route it to counsel.

3. Why the price still sits here

Same latitude, same Gulf of Thailand coastline, and Phuket lists at several to more than ten times this level. The difference is not the sea. It is how mature the surrounding amenities are.

Already built: Dara Sakor International Airport is built and operating with a 3,200-metre runway; the 10,000-ton deepwater port is built; 25 million m³ of reservoir capacity and roughly 400 km of roads are in place. The Phnom Penh–Dara Sakor route is in service and the airport is technically able to take on further routes.

Still filling in: route density and the depth of commercial and everyday amenities are both still under construction. That is the stage this price corresponds to. What you are buying is a coastline that amenities have not yet priced.

Cambodia continues to build out sea, land and air infrastructure, and access here will improve alongside it. Amenity maturity and land pricing have always moved together, which is why this stage reads as a window. To be clear, that is a reading of the development stage, not a promise about future prices; any investment decision should rest on your own due diligence.

4. How the purchase actually works

Sea-Lake Phase 1 offers detached villa plots of 500 m² at a flat US$70/m², totalling US$35,000. Full payment carries a 20% discount at US$28,000, or a plan of US$10,000 down plus US$416 per month for 60 months . The buyer supplies a valid passport; once the agreement is signed and the first payment made, the company handles registration of the Ministry 99-year leasehold certificate.

On-site delivery standard is three utilities and leveled ground — water, electricity, road access and site grading . Site photographs from July 2026 show Phase 1 roads under hardcore and asphalt paving .

• See the full Sea-Lake Phase 1 payment plan →
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