Authorities gave 20th Century Fox permission to landscape Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Island by uprooting vegetation, levelling it and planting palm trees, which were removed after filming 12 months ago.

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Last year, 20th Century Fox, which made The Beach, incurred the wrath of activists in Thailand who accused the company of causing irreparable ecological damage to Maya Beach on Phi Phi Island during filming.

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Officials in Bangkok said 117 people are reported dead on the resort island of Phuket, and another 60 people on the island of Phi Phi.

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