Maya Bay reopening muddled in clarity, as corals show signs of life 

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Marine Biologist Dr Thon Thamrongnawasawat says the corals at Maya Bay are showing signs of a healthy recovery. Photo: Thon Thamrongnawasawat
 

PHUKET: The Chief of the Hat Nopparat – Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, Worapoj Lomlim, this week was obscure on whether or not boats carrying tourists would be allowed back into Maya Bay off Phi Phi Island after Oct 1, when the four-month closure of the bay to allow corals to recover will conclude.
 

The world-famous bay was closed to all visitors from June 1 to allow coral reefs and the local marine ecoystem to recover after years of heavy ‘overtourtism’, which thousands of tourists visiting the bay each day during the tourism high season.

 

Further on May 11 this year it was announced that boats taking tourists to visit Phi Phi Island’s renowned Maya Bay would no longer even be able to land or drop anchor at Loh Samah Bay, on the far side of the island, in the latest move to protect the island from environmental damage brought on by overtourism.

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Keep it closed please.

A quick recovery... 5555555.... Sailed by the bay 2 years ago... Horrific.... Definitely the country with the most beautiful islands and beaches.....NOT..... 100's better choices. I firmly believe that the the environmental destruction is one of the main factors quality of tourism is declining fast. TH needs to wake up and educate young generations...MS>

Better idea to keep Maya bay closed for a much longer time, until some corals really have had the chance to re-grow. 

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Maya Bay reopening muddled in clarity, as corals show signs of life

It should be kept shut until the coral has completely reestablished itself.  It would probably be a good idea to periodically shut down the park two or three months out of the year.  It's a no-brainer, well, except for those who feel muddled. 

The corals are back. Let's open the park immediately and destroy them again...