Park officials said they were going to close Phi Phi island’s famous Maya Bay from June for three months next year.
Officials of the Koh Phi Phi National
park authority held crisis talks on Thursday where they were told that
the bay has been ravaged by too much tourism.
So it was going to be shut to allow the beach side of Maya Bay, as
well as the waters in the bay, to recover ahead of the 2018 high season.
Photos and stories in international media have shocked officials into
doing something about the massive crowds heading to Maya Bay every day,
sometimes leaving standing room only on the iconic beach, made famous
by the 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio film, The Beach.
Officials have also been receiving complaints from concerned locals
about tour boats anchoring indiscriminately in the area causing damage
to the bay floor and any remaining corals.
Source - TheNation
