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 ...

Maya Bay, Thailand CNN — 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 ...

Maya Bay was thrust into the world spotlight in 2000 when the film directed by Danny Boyle was released. At the height of its popularity, the beach on Ko Phi Phi Leh Island was swamped by more ...

Maya Bay, ringed by cliffs on Ko Phi Phi Ley island ... Countries across the region, from the Philippines to Indonesia, are waking up to the problem of beach tourism overload and the plastic ...

Video of Maya Bay, located on the island of Ko Phi Phi Leh off the southwest of Thailand in the Andaman Sea, shows a heavy volume of beach-goers on the beaches and hesitant to walk deeper into the ...

Maya Bay was once a secluded and untouched paradise, known only to a handful of locals and fishermen. However, after the release of "The Beach" in 2000, the bay's popularity soared, and it quickly ...

Maya Bay, an iconic Thai paradise made famous by ... According to a 2015 report, Indonesia alone has the second largest amount of ocean rubbish in the world. Once a simple, back-to-basics ...

KRABI: Maya Bay -- made world famous by the Hollywood blockbuster The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio 23 years ago -- will be closed for two months during the monsoon season for the purposes of ...

One day last year, it was shut down. In the 1990s a film crew decided that Maya Bay, on the island of Phi Phi Leh in southern Thailand, was the kind of heaven-on-earth idyll where a group of ...

BANGKOK: On Monday (Sept 30), national park staff repaired Loh Samah Bay pier, the island’s main access point for tourists visiting Maya Bay. Marine Department staff also inspected life-saving ...