Thailand has announced the indefinite closure of Maya Bay to restore the environmental damage done to the idyllic destination best known from the movie “The Beach”, Coconuts Bangkok reports. A surge in Chinese holidaymakers has stoked the growth in the tourism sector, which now accounts for roughly 20 percent of Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, according to Bloomberg. The move to close Maya Bay earlier this year followed on the heels of the Philippines government’s decision to shutter the popular tourist destination of Boracay for six months, beginning April 26, over concerns the island’s famous beaches and clear blue waters have been transformed into a “cesspool” due to sustained environmental damage, CNN reports.