Revenge travel may be a big problem for places like Thailand's famous Maya Bay
Revenge Travel May Be a Big Problem for Places Like Thailand's Famous Maya BayCarola Frentzen/picture alliance via Getty Imagestanding on the crowded corso of Ton Sai Bay last Saturday, it was difficult to see that Thaiwas in the doldrums. Hordes of visitors—sandals and smartphones held aloft—were making amphibious landings from an armada of tourist boats and marching up the beach.
have dried up Thailand’s biggest tourism market. Its revival is anxiously awaited at all levels of the kingdom’s tourism industry, but will world renowned islands like Phi Phi be able to cope with business as usual?This photo taken on April 9, 2018 shows tourists sunbathing and walking on Maya Bay, Phi Phi, ThailandMaya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh, is famous as a location in Danny Boyle’s 2000 flick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Wave conditions permitting, tourist boats now bob at the entrance of the bay for a few minutes, so disappointed passengers can take photos from a distance, and then proceed to the Pileh Lagoon. The latter is another social media hotspot, where it is easy to see why tourism is both a blessing and curse to these small islands. At Pileh, party boats blaring loud music moor beneath spectacular limestone escarpments, while giddy daytrippers fling themselves into water that has seen better days.
Because of the pandemic, “we haven’t had income for two years,” says one operator, who books tours, runs a mini laundrette, and chauffeurs tourists in his family Toyota. “Luckily, we were able to rent out our house, otherwise we would have had no income at all.” Each tour provides income for many people besides the travel agents, operators and guides.
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