webfact Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Maya Bay. File photo Channel 7 TV reported on the impending reopening of Maya Bay in Krabi after the area was closed to tourists for more than 3 years. Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi national park chief Pramote Kaewnam was with other officials in the area putting the finishing touches ahead of the reopening on January 1st 2022. He said that preparations were 95% ready. The first tourists will arrive at 7 am. They will be limited to a one hour visit with a maximum number of 375 tourists at a time. This will enable 4,125 visitors a day. Last tourists must vacate the area by 6 pm. The media reported that the regeneration of the area was a continuing process. It was shut after mass and unregulated tourism ruined it. Now jetties have been constructed at the beach behind the bay that will provide access for the tourists who will use a specially constructed walkway. Black tip reef sharks have returned to the area, said Channel 7, and a terrestrial crab called "Poo Kai" in Thai and colloquially know as the Brown Land Crab has also returned to the area. In addition 30,000 corals cultivated offshore are now starting to thrive. Aetna Platinum+ Light on premium, great on coverage -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-12-30 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Why not leave it alone and just sell photographs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2long Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 How do they calculate 375 visitors to be the right number? It's like 525 divers in Similans. Odd/Strange numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazbodner Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) Well, looks peaceful right now: Edited December 30, 2021 by tomazbodner pic showed twice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashBrownHarry Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 They won't get that amount of visitors - no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 hours ago, webfact said: The first tourists will arrive at 7 am. They will be limited to a one hour visit with a maximum number of 375 tourists at a time. This will enable 4,125 visitors a day. Numbers limited.. okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 4 hours ago, 2long said: How do they calculate 375 visitors to be the right number? It's like 525 divers in Similans. Odd/Strange numbers That's around 12 boatloads. Hopefully they keep the boat mooring at one side of the bay and allow the visitors to swim and use the rest of the beach. It was like that when I first went there. My next visit was the opposite, with boats taking up around 75% of the beach and tourists congregated into a small swimming zone with dirty water. Fortunately the Chinese tour groups will still be absent but even these numbers will probably scare the wildlife away again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 My first visit there was some 30 years ago. It was pristine, completely beautiful and hardly any tourists at all. Then the Beach movie with Leo DiCaprio came out in the late 90's and it got busier, and busier, and busier... Chinese tour groups were the final nail in the coffin. Locusts. To quote Robert Carlyle from the film, "The big, chunky charlie's eating up the whole world!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daveAustin Posted December 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, madmitch said: That's around 12 boatloads. Hopefully they keep the boat mooring at one side of the bay and allow the visitors to swim and use the rest of the beach. It was like that when I first went there. My next visit was the opposite, with boats taking up around 75% of the beach and tourists congregated into a small swimming zone with dirty water. Fortunately the Chinese tour groups will still be absent but even these numbers will probably scare the wildlife away again. Read again bruv. They say the jetty is the beach behind. Although necessary to save it getting wrecked, it’s all a bit contrived when you get marshalled around by-number. Expect boat rides will be at a premium too. Reckon they’d like all of Thailand to eventually be like this. Bhutan style… prebook a tour and only go certain areas. Edited December 30, 2021 by daveAustin 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Where in Krabi is the best place to hire a boat from to go there & how long is the boat ride ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peskyvarmint Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Krabi Town Pier, Railay or Ao Nang. approx 3 hours 800-1000THB http://www.krabi-tourism.com/phiphi/phiphi-transfer.htm then boat to 'The Beach' 15 mins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 40 minutes ago, peskyvarmint said: Krabi Town Pier, Railay or Ao Nang. approx 3 hours 800-1000THB http://www.krabi-tourism.com/phiphi/phiphi-transfer.htm then boat to 'The Beach' 15 mins Much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peskyvarmint Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 don't worry about the journey time, the views are stunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Even 375 visitors an hour are way too many for that tiny beach, which very soon will experience its next bioshock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonniePeverley Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Shudders at the thought of mass Chinese tourism destroying the beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 3 hours ago, DonniePeverley said: Shudders at the thought of mass Chinese tourism destroying the beauty. They destroy (or eat) everything else Unfortunately it isn't going to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceKadet Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Bad move IMO. Just leave it as it is for another year or five. Not enough tourist coming to Thailand anyways. I was fortunate enough to see it pristine before the Hollywood and the Chinese hordes FOOBAR'ed it all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Pie 47 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/30/2021 at 2:49 PM, overherebc said: Why not leave it alone and just sell photographs. you mean the photo shopped ones ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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