Sukanya (28) gets a neon design painted on her arm, one of the many services supplied to the party goers by local people. The inhabitants on the small island have come to depend on the income brought in by the party and it's visitors. The full moon party on Haad Rin Beach on the island of Ko Pha Ngan in Thailand attracts about 30 000 partying backpackers and other tourists every synodic month.