Thai officials have confirmed they were indefinitely closing the Koh Khai islands — Koh Khai Nok, Koh Khai Nui and Koh Khai Nai — a trio of idyllic islands off the coast of Phuket.

T hai officials have banned holidaymakers from visiting parts of three popular islands, as they review the impact tourism is having on the local ecology. The waters off Koh Khai Nok, Koh Khai Nui ...

While many Thai marine areas close from May to October during the country's monsoon season, one of them will not reopen again in the fall: Koh Tachai, an island that is part of Thailand's Similan ...