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RAZORBILL

Razorbill (Alca torda), mating. Razorbill (Alca torda). Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 Photo: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734 undefined

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RAZORBILL

Razorbill (Alca torda), mating. Razorbill (Alca torda). Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 Photo: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734 undefined

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RAZORBILL

Razorbill (Alca torda), mating. Razorbill (Alca torda). Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 Photo: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734 undefined

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Coral Spawning - Florida

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - A branch of coral that just finished spawning, in the front, during the yearly coral spawning event on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at Spawning Alley, a nursery run by the Coral Restoration Foundation off of Key Largo, Florida. The bundles of egg and sperm work its way towards the top of the polyp to be released into the water column for mating, also called spawning. Photo by Alie Skowronski/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CORMORANT

Cormorant (Gulosus aristotelis), mating ceremony. View. Phalacrocorax aristotelis. European shag, sight. Ccommon shag (Gulosus aristotelis). Gulosus aristotelis Linné, 1758Photo: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734

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[Breaking News]Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan, Feb. 18 Kyodo - Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025.

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Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025.

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Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025.

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Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025.

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Birth Of Panda Twins - Hong Kong

This photo released on August 15, 2024 shows the panda twins. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday announced the birth of panda twins early Thursday morning in Hong Kong. The pair, a female and a male, were cubs of Ying Ying and Le Le, pandas given as a gift by the central government to Hong Kong in 2007. In March, Ying Ying and Le Le successfully completed natural mating in Ocean Park. After five months of gestation, female giant panda Ying Ying finally gave birth to the twins at 2:05 a.m. and 3:27 a.m. on Thursday. Photo by Ocean Park Hong Kong/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lovebug outbreak in Seoul

Photo taken in Seoul on June 26, 2024, shows lovebugs, a species of march fly that remains in pairs after mating, which have been spreading in the South Korean capital.

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Lovebug outbreak in Seoul

Photo taken in Seoul on June 26, 2024, shows lovebugs, a species of march fly that remains in pairs after mating, which have been spreading in the South Korean capital.

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Lovebug outbreak in Seoul

Photo taken in Seoul on June 26, 2024, shows lovebugs, a species of march fly that remains in pairs after mating, which have been spreading in the South Korean capital.

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Illinois Is Hit With Cicada Chaos

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Montreal-based audio artist Alex Lane records cicada mating calls from a tree at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center in Springfield, Illinois, on June 3 2024. Lane and filmmaker Matthew Wolkow identified the calls as coming from what they believe to be the different cicada broods. Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. They’re red-eyed, loud and frisky. Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Flying Insects Cluster Over Trees To Look Like Smoke In Shandong

A visitor used a drone to capture a miraculous scene of plenty of flying insects clustering over the trees which looks like smoke in eastern China. Video filmed in Fulong Lake in Heze City, Shandong Province, on May 28, 2024, shows the swarms forming “tornadoes” over the trees. Reportedly, this might be a natural phenomenon called "Mosquito tornado" which can be commonly seen during the rainy season. It occurs when male mosquitoes swarm around a group of female mosquitoes for mating.

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[Breaking News]Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan, Feb. 15 Kyodo -Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024.

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Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024.

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Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024.

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co

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Tourism Killed Thailand's Most Famous Bay

Maya Bay, on Ko Phi Phi Leh island of the Phi Phi Archipelago, is famous as the location of the movie "The Beach", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Released in 2000, it focused on a group of backpackers looking to create their own private utopia on an unbelievably beautiful island in Thailand. Part of the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, the stunning cove is surrounded by dramatic cliffs and boasts an exquisite, 250-meter white crescent strand that is the platonic ideal of a beach. In the wake of the movie, the trickle of visitors to Maya Bay became a deluge. As many as 4,000 arrived daily on flotillas of tourist boats that damaged the coral and scared off the blacktip reef sharks that used the bay as a mating pool. Crowds trampled the delicate sea floor. To stop further damage, authorities closed Maya Bay to tourists in June 2018.When it reopened in January 2023, visitors were limited to 380—not per day, but per hour. Approaches by boat were banned, as was swimming. “The best solution is nobody co