Take me to my beach: the bay made famous in the Leonard DiCaprio film has reopened

"The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road" — thousands of visitors to Maya Bay saw the beach closed for more than three years

Tourists visit Maya Bay as Thailand reopens its world-famous beach after closing it for more than three years to allow its ecosystem to recover from the impact of overtourism, at Krabi province, Thailand. Picture: REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Thailand has reopened Maya Bay, a white sand beach made famous by the 2000 film The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio, more than three years after closing it to allow its ecosystem to recover from the impact of thousands of visitors each day.

Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from the film 'The Beach'. 20th Century Fox