News Forum - Thailand to close several popular islands for environmental restoration

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Four islands in Trang province, southern Thailand, will close for four months to give nature a chance to restore itself after a hectic tourist season, namely Koh Muk, Koh Kradan, Koh Chuek, and Koh Waen. Thailand’s Similan Islands will also close for the monsoon season. Yesterday, the Chief of Hat Chao Mai National Park Prit Narasaritkul …

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[TheDirtyDurian]

Visited Koh Muk a couple of years ago. Kayaked down to the Emerald cave from Charlie Beach and was fortunate enough to have the place completely to ourselves because no tourists die to C19 entry restrictions. 

Also Kayaked past the Emerald cave to the uninhabited Sabai Beach which was beautiful but the amount of trash washed up was just staggering. I can't belive it was only due to C19 and nothing been done to clean the place up. This was like years of accumulated material, presumably because the beach is uninhabited so no one cares. 

If the authorities want to restore the natural environment, I suggest they do something to remove all the trash that's washed up. 

Looks great, but doesn't show the trash at the waterline.