A tourism ban in 2018 and the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 helped the sharks native to the Maya Bay return and thrive, creating a problem for Thailand's tourism.
Tourists watch a newborn blacktip reef shark at the beach in Maya Bay at the Phi Phi Island National Park, on Phi Phi Leh Island, Krabi province, Thailand, Feb. 25, 2023. Under pressure from tour operators, authorities reopened Maya Bay in January 2022 after four years of closure, and visitor and revenue figures are once again rising steadily.
Authorities allowed limited tourism to resume in 2022, but observation through the use of drones and underwater cameras allowed researchers to track the number of sharks and notice a decline once tourism was up and running again. before the pandemic, and revenue for Phi Phi Island National Park dropped by almost half following the tourism ban.
"We are hoping that with the restrictions in place, we can mitigate the disturbance to ," marine researcher Metavee Chuangcharoendee said of the situation."We are doing this research in hopes that we can find the best way to manage and the best way for tourism and the environment to coexist." Tour boats must dock on the other side of the island from the beach; visitors must walk to the beach; the number of visitors allowed every hour is capped at 375, and they are allowed to wade only knee-deep into the water."If you can create a new image of Maya Bay as a nature reserve ... I think that is actually going to create a new tourism scheme as well and we going to benefit from it overall," said National Parks Department advisor Petch.
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