Maya Bay

  • Krabi NewsCountdown to reopening – contracts awards for new Maya Bay infrastructure
    ThaigerPublished: 14:17, 17 February 2020
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    Countdown to reopening – contracts awards for new Maya Bay infrastructure

    by Sawat, Five Star Thailand Tours New plans are now being enacted which will lead to the re-opening of Maya Bay to tourism again. With a new development project in the works, it won’t be long until visitors will once again be able to visit ‘The Beach’, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Maya Bay was shut down to…

  • Environment NewsThailand’s Maya Bay to remain closed for another two years
    ThaigerPublished: 18:41, 20 December 2019
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    Thailand’s Maya Bay to remain closed for another two years

    So that’s going to be almost the end of 2021. The Department of National Parks Wildlife and Plant Conservation has announced that Maya Bay is going to be closed for another two years to provide a better opportunity for the ecological system to recover, whilst also completing and implementing plans for management of tourists at the famous tourist attraction. Maya…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket King’s Cup regatta organisers deny allegations of coral destruction at Kata
    ThaigerPublished: 08:44, 10 December 2019
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    Phuket King’s Cup regatta organisers deny allegations of coral destruction at Kata

    SCREENSHOT: Part of the post from the Kata Beach Shore Diving The 2019 King’s Cup Regatta in Phuket has been run and won, packed up and gone home. The annual event, run for the 33rd time this year, is one Thailand’s most prestigious yachting regattas and traditionally allows its vessels to anchor in the natural Kata harbour, using the Beyond…

  • Environment News10+ Blacktip reef sharks flock to Maya Bay for breeding season – VIDEO
    ThaigerPublished: 15:27, 19 November 2019
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    10+ Blacktip reef sharks flock to Maya Bay for breeding season – VIDEO

    PHOTO: The Nation Worapoj Lomlim, chief of Noppara Tara-Koh Phi Phi National Park in Krabi, says that more than 10 Blacktip reef sharks had been spotted hunting near Koh Phi Phi Ley’s famous Maya Bay, some of them more than 2 metres in length. The sightings were made yesterday at the closed beach. He noted that the presence of the…

  • Environment NewsMaya Bay: saving the most famous beach in Thailand
    Maya TaylorPublished: 09:40, 06 September 2019
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    Maya Bay: saving the most famous beach in Thailand

    PHOTO: Sarah Buthmann For years, Maya Bay on the island of Koh Phi Phi Leh in Krabi province, has been overrun with visitors. Every day, thousands of tourists competed for space on Thailand’s most famous beach. Having been made famous by the 2000 Leonardo di Caprio movie, The Beach, tourists arrived by the boatload every hour, every day of the…

  • Environment NewsThailand’s Maya Bay settles into an extended period of rest – VIDEO
    ThaigerPublished: 17:16, 03 June 2019
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    Thailand’s Maya Bay settles into an extended period of rest – VIDEO

    You can look but you can’t touch. Maya Bay’s beach, closed last year to allow coral restoration and beach recovery, is likely to remain closed to visitors for many years, even up to five. The famous Koh Phi Phi Ley beach and bay, made famous in the 2000 movie The Beach, needs time for its ecology to fully recover years…

  • Environment NewsThousands of young coral being moved to deeper water at Maya Bay
    ThaigerPublished: 13:15, 21 May 2019
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    Thousands of young coral being moved to deeper water at Maya Bay

    PHOTO: Thai PBS Coral bleaching and the annual monsoon are the only threat to the ongoing recuperation of Maya Bay, now that tourists have been away for a year, and probably another two years as well. Maya Bay, on Koh Phi Phi Ley in Krabi province, has been closed since June 1 last year after the environmental destruction of the…

  • Krabi NewsBooking in advance, standardised tours, limited numbers – Maya Bay’s tourism future
    ThaigerPublished: 08:15, 13 May 2019
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    Booking in advance, standardised tours, limited numbers – Maya Bay’s tourism future

    “Both Thon and DNP executives emphasised that mass tourism would not be allowed again at Maya Bay.” by Pratch Rujivcanarom Maya Bay’s visitors will have to book in advance for limited day tours once the popular tourist magnet reopens to the public. After an official inspection of the rehabilitation efforts at Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi Ley, local marine…

  • Krabi NewsMaya Bay’s extended closure “vital to conserve the ecology”
    ThaigerPublished: 11:20, 20 April 2019
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    Maya Bay’s extended closure “vital to conserve the ecology”

    Maya Bay’s extended closure keeps the wraps on one of southern Thailand’s most popular tourist attractions. Worapot Lomlim, chief of the Hat Nopparat Thara Phi Phi Islands national park confirmed this week that he might keep Maya Bay closed for up to five years to allow the current recovery to continue. The Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation…

  • Krabi NewsMaya Bay to be closed for up to five years
    ThaigerPublished: 17:04, 17 April 2019
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    Maya Bay to be closed for up to five years

    Maya Bay’s beach, closed last year to allow coral restoration and beach recovery, could remain closed to visitors for many years. Maya Bay is located in the Phi Phi islands between Krabi and Phuket. The famous Koh Phi Phi Ley beach needs time for its ecology to fully recover years of tourist abuse, this according to the Phi Phi national…

  • Krabi NewsMaya Bay rehabilitation: Volunteer divers needed
    ThaigerPublished: 09:22, 26 March 2019
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    Maya Bay rehabilitation: Volunteer divers needed

    PHOTOS: The Marine National Park Operation Center 3 (Trang) It’s still closed but the coral reef restoration project at Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi Ley needs more volunteer divers. The Marine National Park Operation Centre 3 (Trang) says that the project has been conducted by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation under the support of the…

  • Krabi NewsMaya Bay – no plans to re-open The Beach
    ThaigerPublished: 18:58, 03 March 2019
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    Maya Bay – no plans to re-open The Beach

    That was before. This is now. The future remains uncertain for any re-opening of the southern Thailand tourist magnet, Maya Bay at Koh Phi Phi Ley. Thai authorities say they have no plans to re-open Maya Bay at this stage but that they continue to monitor the situation on Koh Phi Phi Ley and the island’s famous beach. Blacktip reef…

  • Krabi News‘Shark in bag’ wasn’t found at Maya Bay
    ThaigerPublished: 10:48, 07 November 2018
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    ‘Shark in bag’ wasn’t found at Maya Bay

    In reaction to the story circulating about the ‘dead blacktip reef shark found dead in a sack’, a Phi Phi diver has contacted us with the following information…. I posted the original photo of the shark in a rice sack that was found by one of my instructors on Sunday, November 4. Your story incorrectly states that the shark was found…

  • Krabi NewsBlacktip reef shark found dead in a bag at Maya Bay
    Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 15:11, 05 November 2018
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    Blacktip reef shark found dead in a bag at Maya Bay

    National Park officers are investigating following the death of a blacktip reef shark found in a bag at Maya Bay at Koh Phi Phi Ley. A foreign dive instructor at Phi Phi Island posted a picture of a blacktip reef shark found dead inside a bag in a LINE group ‘Phi Phi Island news informs’ with a message reading “a…

  • Krabi NewsEven more blacktip reef sharks spotted at recovering Maya Bay – VIDEO
    ThaigerPublished: 09:36, 29 October 2018
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    Even more blacktip reef sharks spotted at recovering Maya Bay – VIDEO

    Blacktip reef sharks have again been spotted at the recovering Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi yesterday. Director of the National Park Management Division Kamon Nuanyai says, “at 8am yesterday Hat Nopparat Thara – Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park officials have recorded a video clip of Blacktip reef sharks near the shores at Maya Bay. During the ongoing Maya…

  • Krabi NewsEvidence of Maya Bay recovery
    ThaigerPublished: 10:40, 20 October 2018
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    Evidence of Maya Bay recovery

    Blacktip reef sharks have been spotted at the recovering Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi Ley today. This morning official at the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park reported that many Blacktip reef sharks were discovered swimming just off the beach in Maya Bay. They said it was a good sign of the improving biological system. The famous…

  • Krabi NewsMaya Bay coral “far from ready”
    ThaigerPublished: 16:15, 12 October 2018
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    Maya Bay coral “far from ready”

    by Pratch Rujivanrom The corals at Maya Bay are not strong enough yet to withstand the influx of visitors. This latest from the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department (DNP) explaining reasons for the indefinite closure of the bay. Though the iconic tourist attraction in Krabi’s Had Nopparat Tara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park has been off limits for…

  • Krabi NewsMaya Bay compromise: “We’ll meet halfway”
    ThaigerPublished: 10:06, 08 October 2018
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    Maya Bay compromise: “We’ll meet halfway”

    The scientists say Maya Bay must remain closed until it has recovered from the rampant tourist ‘love’ and protective walkways and new landing piers can be constructed on the other side of Koh Phi Phi Ley. Tour operators say they’re going to suffer with the loss of the region’s most popular tourist attraction from their daily schedules. Krabi tourism stakeholders,…

  • Krabi NewsHands off Maya Bay
    ThaigerPublished: 07:05, 08 October 2018
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    Hands off Maya Bay

    In one corner, marine scientists and biologists who are urging the government to keep Maya Bay closed as it struggles to rehabilitate following years of tourism abuse. In the other, local tour operators who say that the region’s main money-spinner has been taken away from them affecting their pockets and the many people they employ. Meanwhile Maya Bay is slowly…

  • Krabi NewsThree alternatives to Maya Bay
    ThaigerPublished: 11:00, 06 October 2018
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    Three alternatives to Maya Bay

    “Stop complaining and take tourists somewhere else – National Park officials.” National parks officials, looking after the Phi Phi islands, say there are plenty of other great locations to visit besides just Koh Phi Phi Ley’s Maya Bay. They were responding to complaints from both tourists and tour operators. Tour operators say that the move to indefinitely close the famous…

  • Phuket NewsMaya Bay is Number 9. What is the World’s Best Beach?
    Tim NewtonPublished: 09:13, 28 November 2017
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    Maya Bay is Number 9. What is the World’s Best Beach?

    And Maya Bay isn’t the only Tai beach included in the list. FlightNetwork.om rated the world’s best beaches. Thailand’s Maya Bay, on Koh Phi Phi Ley came in at #9. Maya Bay has been closed for rehabilitation since the middle of 2018 and is scheduled for limited re-opening some time in 2021. Tourists and boats will be limited to less…