More than three years after it was closed due to overtourism, the Thai beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach is to reopen to tourists. See Also Thailand travel guideMaya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh Island, was the setting for the 2000 movie directed by Danny Boyle. Now Thailand's Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-Archa says the beach will reopen on January 1, 2022. "After shutting down Maya Bay to revive and restore it, up until the present, it has returned to a good condition." Stuff.co.nzSee also: Thailand opens to Aussies, but good luck clearing the entry rulesSee also: Twenty things that will shock first-time visitors to Thailand

Source: Stuff November 16, 2021 20:57 UTC