PHI PHI LEH, Thailand: Oranee Kittitorraneerut remembered feeling elated when her eyes swept the panoramic view of Maya Bay for the first time in more than three years. Sheltered by towering limestone ...

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At the edge of the turquoise water, Asian and European tourists take the pose. They had come to attend, in early January, the long-awaited reopening of Maya Bay, the jewel of the Andaman Sea, after ...

Since the film’s release, the secluded island has been inundated with tourists. The serene and picturesque Thai paradise made famous by the 2000 film “The Beach” starring Leonardo DiCaprio will be ...

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 ...

In some frustrating environmental news, Thailand’s Maya Bay will be closed "indefinitely" after an influx of tourists messed up the coral surrounding the island, CNN reports. Maya Bay in Thailand was ...

Story by Karla Cripps, CNN. Videos by Hazel Pfeifer and Nicolas Axelrod, CNN Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our ...

Thailand's Maya Bay, made famous after it featured in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach, has reopened to tourists after being shut for more than three years but visitors are not allowed to swim.

Maya Bay, an iconic Thai paradise made famous by hit Leonardo DiCaprio film ‘The Beach’, was closed on Friday for four months due to the devastating environmental impact of overtourism. During this ...

The breathtaking bay made famous by Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Carlyle in Danny Boyle's film adaptation of The Beach is to close to tourists for the first time in June. Thai authorities will be ...

MAYA BAY, Thailand — Once a pristine Thai paradise, the secluded bay made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie "The Beach" has been exhausted by mass tourism. It's now getting a break from the 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 since June ...