A HUGELY popular tourist spot is set to close for two months, leaving travellers disappointed. Thailand is a hugely popular destination for Brits, with its mix of culture, food and amazing beaches all high up on the list of reasons for people to visit. ******** Give us your best tip for places to visit in and around Benidorm here - and you could win a £100 Amazon voucher ********* However, one of its most popular beach spots is going to prevent tourists from visiting for two months, starting from August.
Maya Bay in Phi Phi Islands is among the most famous in Thailand, thanks in no small part to Leonardo DiCaprio . The bay is where scenes were filmed for the 2000 Danny Boyle film The Beach, based on a novel by Alex Garland, in which DiCaprio's character Richard joins a hidden community of travellers with catastrophic consequences. Its turquoise waters and perfect white sand made it the ideal place to film the movie, in which Tilda Swinton , Robert Carlyle and Paterson Joseph all also featured among the films stars.
Anyone looking visit the amazing island destination between now and the end of September has only a few days to do so. From August 1 until September 30, Maya Bay will be closed off from visitors. This is to allow natural resources and ecosystems to recover, with the number of visitors having a negative impact on the beach.
The beach was closed for more than two years by the Thai Government to combat the effects of over-tourism. It reopened in January 2022 with new.