The Department of National Parks Wildlife and Plant Conservation has announced that Maya Bay is going to be closed for another two years to provide a better opportunity for the ecological system to recover, whilst also completing and implementing plans for management of tourists at the famous tourist attraction.
Maya Bay is situated at Koh Phi Phi Ley between Phuket and Krabi.
Chief of Marine National Park Centre Area 3 in Trang province, Supaporn Prempree, along with national park officers from Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, visited Maya Bay on December 19 for a complete inspection of the rehabilitation progress of the bay.
They also followed up on the ecological rehabilitation of the bay’s coral, eighteen months since the announcement of closure of Maya Bay to tourists.
The team found a lot of blacktip reef sharks in the bay and that nature had improved for the better.
Source: Thaiger https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/thailands-maya-bay-to-remain-closed-for-another-two-years