Thailand’s Maya Bay will reopen to visitors on Tuesday

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PUBLISHED: 30 Sep 2024 at 17: 11

Tourists enjoy Maya Bay in Thailand's Krabi province in May. (Photo: Pattarawadee Saengmanee)
Tourists enjoy Maya Bay in Thailand’s Krabi territory in May. ( Photo: Pattarawadee Saengmanee )

After two weeks of treatment work, national area authorities will restart the famed Maya Bay in Krabi, in the southern Thai province of Phuket, on Tuesday.

Attapon Charoenchansa, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said that the reopening may take effect for Maya Bay, Loh Samah Bay and Lor Kor Bay of the Phi Phi territories after they were closed from Aug 1 to Sept 30.

Employees from Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park maintained lighthouses over the past two decades to protect marine and ensure customers ‘ security for the high season, according to him.

Many visitors are drawn to Maya Bay because of Leonardo DiCaprio’s role in the movie” The Beach,” which made it world-famous 23 years ago.