Maya Bay, a beautiful cove made famous by “The Beach” – a 2000 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio – reopened to tourists on January 1, 2022 for the first time since 2018.

A Brief History. 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 ...

The Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach that came out in 2000 about a fictional island utopia hidden from the outside world helped make Thailand's Maya Bay very popular. Too popular, it turned out ...

Travelers hoping to visit Thailand’s Maya Bay, made famous in the 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Beach,” are going to have to wait a while longer to take in its creamy white shores and ...

Back in 2018, Thai officials announced the indefinite closure of Maya Bay – made popular by 2000 film “The Beach” – to repair years of damage caused by overtourism. Here’s how marine ...

Thailand's famous Maya Bay featured in 'The Beach' to close to tourists this summer. Since the film’s release, the secluded island has been inundated with tourists.

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 ...

On any given day in Thailand's Maya Bay, up to 40 blacktip reef sharks cruise in the cyan shallows while about 4,000 tourists visit its white-sand beach flanked by towering cliffs. Shark numbers ...

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 ...

Back in 2018, Thai officials announced the indefinite closure of Maya Bay – made popular by 2000 film “The Beach” – to repair years of damage caused by overtourism. Here’s how marine ...

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 ...