webfact Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Maya Bay 'well on the road to recovery' By The Nation Months after being closed to tourists, the world-famous Maya Bay is showing encouraging signs of recovery. /Credit:Thon Thamrongnawasawat Coral reefs and ecosystems at the world-famous Maya Bay in the Andaman sea have been almost fully revived, but a date for its reopening to tourists has not been set. “After being closed for many months to facilitate natural restoration, the beach's green forests have started to recover and coral reefs in the bay area have also been showing recovery and these are encouraging signs,” Thon Thamrongnawasawat, well-known Thai marine biologist, wrote on his Facebook page on September 25. Credit:Thon Thamrongnawasawat and the Marine National Park Operation Centre He also showed several photos provided by the marine national park operation centre, featuring lively coral reefs, crystal blue water and a shark swimming in its waters. He praised the collaborative efforts for natural rehabilitation by many parties including nature conservation officials, staff of Kasetsart University, representatives from the private sector and volunteers. There is still the problem of floating garbage spoiling coral reefs but the good news is that officials and volunteers are constantly collecting those garbages, he said. As part of the two-year natural restoration plan, officials currently are working on the tourists' walk trail to ensure tourists do not damage trees. They are also arranging a new boat pier, ticket booking, tourist quota and other things, he said. He expected the famous beach could be reopened for tourists uninterrupted. After that it should not be opened and closed from time to time as in the past, he said. The bay has been closed since June 2018 after overcrowding by tourists damaged the bay environment. The authorities announced in May this year that it would be closed for two years to allow natural rehabilitation. Thon said the latest developments pointed to growth of diversified coral reefs, blacktip reef sharks swimming freely and beach forests turning green. “This is the mission for the future to ensure that later generations would not condemn us (for destroying nature),” he wrote. He did not speculate when the bay will reopen for tourists, but hinted that it would not be far away, saying that “new hope is approaching”. Many who commented on his post were excited about the updates but some suggested that the bay remain closed for a more fewer years. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30376879 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-09-30 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Keep it closed it's only just over 1 ago they closed it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 add to the end of the media header; ....................recovery" in ten years time if kept closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I think we can all safely assume it will open as a VIP beach first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, ChipButty said: Keep it closed it's only just over 1 ago they closed it, And they used superglue to glue to coral to the reef, farang had to do it. They better wait untill the coral really connects to the rocks before letting the herds of chinese step on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Keep it closed, Thais want it re-opened as soon as possible just for the profit... They've proved already that in their hands they couldn't manage a sustainable tourism level they exploited it to the point of destruction. Lessons are never learnt where money is concerned it clouds too many peoples vision ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Hope they will keep that area closed long enough for nature to get a really healthy condition again, and after that only open it to a limited number of guests, which should pay a high enough entrance fee to keep the beach and bay in excellent condition; could for example be with strictly licensed tour boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 9 hours ago, webfact said: Maya Bay 'well on the road to recovery' The brown envelopes are on the way. The Maya Bay gang wants to see its revenue restored ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Enviornmental sustainabilIty thai style $$$$$$$$$$$$$...Sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Seems awfully fast,i smell bs here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGW Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 5 hours ago, hotchilli said: They've proved already that in their hands they couldn't manage a sustainable tourism level they exploited it to the point of destruction. Well done - you have explained Thai philosophy to tourism in a "nutshell" ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 3:31 AM, webfact said: Coral reefs and ecosystems at the world-famous Maya Bay in the Andaman sea have been almost fully revived, but a date for its reopening to tourists has not been set. Almost fully revived.....Impossible, they take a few pictures of glued on Coral frags,and picture of shark, but as tourism is so strong,or should i say tourist $, so open it up again,and just keep glueing bits of Coral on the rocks. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Im Not a biologist but i dont think coral reef revive in only a year or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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