mass tourism

Watch | How Thailand revived its beautiful Maya Bay

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Watch | How Thailand revived its beautiful Maya Bay

This is Thailand’s Maya Bay, among the country’s more popular tourist spots located on the island of Phi Phi Ley in the Andaman Sea. Incidentally, it rose to global fame after the 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer ‘The Beach’ was shot here. But the boost to tourism came with a severe environmental impact. Mass tourism damaged the … Read more

Thailand’s Maya Bay from DiCaprio’s The Beach is slowly recovering from the devastating effects of mass tourism

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Thailand’s Maya Bay from DiCaprio’s The Beach is slowly recovering from the devastating effects of mass tourism

It is rare for me to break a promise. Disheartened by the incessant din of diesel-belching speed boats, the smog-saturated air, and a ‘floating carpet’ of tourist detritus strewn across its murky waters, I had resolutely sworn off Maya Bay on the island of Phi Phi Ley. The same super-famous, coral bay-turned-cesspool of ugly mass … Read more