More than two decades after the Hollywood film The Beach was shot at Thailand’s glittering Maya Bay, the kingdom’s supreme court has ordered officials to press ahead with environmental rehabilitation work.
On Tuesday, the supreme court in Bangkok upheld a previous ruling by a civil court that the royal forest department was liable for rehabilitating Maya Bay.
The film put Maya Bay on the map and it fell victim to mass tourism.
In a final ruling, the supreme court ordered the department to form a committee to make a rehabilitation plan within 30 days.