- Maya Beach, a popular site on Ko Phi Phi Le island, was closed indefinitely to allow waters to recover.
- A new water crisis has emerged on neighboring Ko Phi Phi Don island, a result of too many tourists.
- The latest crisis comes just days after the famed islands were praised for their environmental recovery.
Thailand’s famed Phi Phi islands are running out of clean drinking water, a result of the massive and continual influx of tourists that have already inflicted enough environmental destruction to close the islands’ most famous beach indefinitely.
On Monday, a water study by scientists at Thailand’s Kasetsart University found that the rising number of tourists to the island is depleting freshwater sources and putting a heavy strain on drinking water.
The study prompted Phi Phi authorities to call on the Thai government to help with the water shortage on the island of Ko…
