Restoring Maya Bay: Closure not enough

11 June 2018
Mekong Eye
Marine and coastal areas / Tourism
Andaman coast / closure / Maya Bay / not enough / Restoring

Starting this month, the tiny and stunningly scenic Maya Bay off Thailand’s Andaman coast, made famous by Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2000 film The Beach, is closed to visitors. Two decades of being Thailand’s top tourist attraction has overwhelmed the island’s ecology.

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 Pennapa Hongthong

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