Landowner blocks entry to ‘hot spot’ lake after getting fed up with visitors ‘trashing’ the place


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Ever since it appeared in the movie, Maya Bay became hugely popular, and at one point, it was receiving as many as 5,000 visitors a day. The overflow of sightseers was damaging its coral reefs, so authorities had to intervene.

5,000 visitors a day

In 2018, it was announced that Maya Bay would be closed down to visitors for a few months – but after some time, officials decided to extend the ban until 2021, to give the environment more time to recover.

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