Back in 2018, Thai officials announced the indefinite closure of Maya Bay – made popular by 2000 film “The Beach” – to repair years of damage caused by overtourism. Here’s how marine ...

The Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach that came out in 2000 about a fictional island utopia hidden from the outside world helped make Thailand's Maya Bay very popular. Too popular, it turned out ...

Thai bay made famous in The Beach movie to be shut until 2021 to allow a full recovery of its corals and wildlife. Before Maya Bay's closure, up to 5,000 tourists visited daily ...

It’s just past 7 a.m. on a February morning in Maya Bay, several weeks after authorities reopened what is one of Thailand’s most popular tourist attractions to the world for the first time ...

Thailand’s Maya Bay located on Koh Phi Phi island is scheduled to close its shores to tourists for four months, from June to September, The Associated Press reported.

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A victim of its own success, Thailand's most famous beach is set to be tourist-free for at least another two years. Maya Bay, the stunning cove made famous by "The ...

Back in 2018, Thai officials announced the indefinite closure of Maya Bay – made popular by 2000 film “The Beach” – to repair years of damage caused by overtourism. Here’s how marine ...

Maya Bay, closed from 2019 to 2022 for conservation, just documented a record number of this shark species that uses the bay as a nursery, experts announced.