Ko Phi Phi gained prominence after it was the setting for the movie "The Beach" starring Leo DiCaprio in 2000. The beach has seen an explosion in tourism since then, especially by good looking girls who possibly weren't aware that it was only a movie and Leo doesn't, in fact, live on the beach. In any case, the beach is beautiful and peaceful and known as a place that the most beautiful women in Southeast Asia come to frolic (if that's your thing).

The beach was heavily damaged by the Tsunami in 2004, but has been recovering since and tourists have begun returning to the beach en masse.

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