‘The Beach’ takes a break from tourists

A Thai beach made famous by the 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach will stay closed indefinitely to give its ecosystem time to recover, authorities said on Tuesday.

Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh island in the Andaman Sea, was closed for four months on June 1 in a bid to salvage the area’s coral reefs, damaged by warmer temperatures and a flood of tourists. Up to 6,000 visitors had gone to the beach every day.