Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh Island, was the setting for the 2000 movie directed by Danny Boyle. It became so popular afterwards that up to 5000 day-trippers would arrive every day.

The beach made famous by a hit film starring Leonardo DiCaprio has been closed because it has been destroyed by swarms of tourists. Millions of people have been drawn to the azure waters of Maya ...

Maya Bay is probably best known as the titular beach in the post-Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach (directed by Danny Boyle and based on a book by Alex Garland, who would go on to direct ...

"The Beach" made famous in DiCaprio movie to get a break. March 28, 2018 / 10:02 AM EDT / AP ... Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh island in the Andaman Sea, ...

In this March 4, 2017, photo, tourists enjoy the popular Maya bay on Phi Phi island, Krabi province. Authorities have ordered the temporary closing of the beach made famous by the Leonardo ...

Thai marine researchers have reported a remarkable sighting of 158 blacktip reef sharks off the coast of Krabi.The sighting was made in Maya Bay, part of Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National ...

Meanwhile, the movie made Maya Bay and the Phi Phi islands a must-see for many foreign tourists. Thai and foreign visits to Maya Bay at their peak were estimated at 4,000-5,000 per day following ...

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 ...

Despite its iconic status, Maya Bay is just one small beach. The damage to Thailand's waters from rampant tourism is a much bigger problem. The coral has begun recovering.

More than two decades after Hollywood film The Beach was shot at Thailand's glittering Maya Bay, the kingdom's Supreme Court on Sept 13 ordered officials to press ahead with environmental ...