Thailand prohibits tourists from visiting two archipelagos until October

Similan islands and “isolated” Surin Islands over the next four months. Large flows of visitors press the natural environment.

The rain station in Thailand It started a few days ago and should last until October. In fact, regions of the North and Northeast are on meteorological alert because of heavy rainfall and storms scheduled for the next few days.

But anyone who wants to visit two archipelagos, precisely until October, will not be able to.

Concerned are the Siminan Islands e and Surin islands. Similan are an archipelago consisting of nine islands in the sea of ​​Andamão, southern Thailand; It is a national park. The Surin is a five islands archipelago, also in the sea of ​​Andamão.

Islands Similan and Islands Surin granitic formations unique; They are especially popular among tour and divers. During the dry season, numerous excursion boats take visitors to the archipelagos, daily.

O GOVERNMENT OF THAILAND PROHIES VISITS to these two archipelagos over the next four months, because of the Mass Tourism.

Large Flows of Visitors Press the environment Born in Thailand, explains to. To try to recover this environment, or part, the government closes certain areas. Every year.

The closure of the archipelagos in the sea of ​​Andamão is an “annual measure to preserve the balance of the marine ecosystem, to contain the impact of tourism, to give nature a hypothesis of recovering and avoiding damage caused by adverse weather conditions during the rainy season,” explains the Thailand government.

Because the idea is not only to protect the archipelagos – it is also protect visitors. Precisely because of the rainy season and the danger representing the mar hectic.

There is another place that will be closed, but less time: Maya Bayon the uninhabited island of Phi Phi Leh. Closed from early August until the end of September. The fragile bay ecosystem also needs time to recover from the flow of tourists.

Maya Bay is the famous beach of Areia Branca, in Ko Phi Phi Le, which served as a setting for the movie, with Leonardo DiCaprio.