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05-16-2016, 07:53 PM
Thailand is trying to save this island by banning tourists
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It's well documented that tourists ruin everything (http://mashable.com/category/tourists-behaving-badly/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)*— even*just by showing up.
Koh Tachai, an island off the coast of southern Thailand, will close indefinitely due to excessive tourism, the government an**unced.
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The island's shoreline, beaches and coral reef will be deemed off-limits to all visitors, starting Oct. 15, reported the*Bangkok Post (http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/975145/koh-tachai-island-off-phangnga-closed-indefinitely).*And all of Thailand's marine national parks close on Monday and remain closed through Oct. 15 for monsoon season — so technically, the park is already closed.
Tourists visiting Thailand are cautioned to look out for tour operators selling fake trips to Koh Tachai. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/thai-island-closed-to-tourists/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It's well documented that tourists ruin everything (http://mashable.com/category/tourists-behaving-badly/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)*— even*just by showing up.
Koh Tachai, an island off the coast of southern Thailand, will close indefinitely due to excessive tourism, the government an**unced.
SEE ALSO: 'Lord of the Rings' volca** may be alive (http://mashable.com/2016/05/12/lord-rings-volca**/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The island's shoreline, beaches and coral reef will be deemed off-limits to all visitors, starting Oct. 15, reported the*Bangkok Post (http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/975145/koh-tachai-island-off-phangnga-closed-indefinitely).*And all of Thailand's marine national parks close on Monday and remain closed through Oct. 15 for monsoon season — so technically, the park is already closed.
Tourists visiting Thailand are cautioned to look out for tour operators selling fake trips to Koh Tachai. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/thai-island-closed-to-tourists/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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