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it is to thailand spectacular rocky islands. would find grain sandy beaches turquoise blue water. just how you imagine a holiday destination more than 9000 kilometers away from cone to old germany playing. hurt and this is the reality tourists flocking to sites like the famous james bond on them where roger moore for the bad guys a secret agents double those 7 today it's all about selfies and self-expression than. the images when you see these guys walking around in swimming trunks with long dignified i'd say this i'm good because up with a terrible but it was to be expected it was marketed that way doesn't it.

thailand's drain beaches are suffocating and plastic garbage. untreated waste water is discharged straight into the sea. tens of thousands of cars explore the underwater landscape and cause a record low damage to the sensitive coral reefs by trampling all over them. in the last 2 years. the. mission at every damage so all we expect that if we don't do anything real. so how much damage has mass tourism calls that i'll question.

it. the 1st journey is the town of the cat in the south of thailand most vacation is here head to the beach but. the wide sandy bay fascinated us when we came here for the 1st time 8 years ago. on the beach and a bit of adventure different. vacation dreams it. took the number of tourists coming to tyler. and has more than doubled since then

now it's more than $34000000.00 people every year what changes has that brought about. the next morning we see the downside of masters of local diving instructors regularly fish garbage out of the sea by the suck planet. their business depends on keeping the natural environment as intact as possible. what do they find in the sea nets from the trawlers emptying the sea off the tongue of fish. of course fresh fish is a food staple for both the locals and the hordes of tourists. but diving instructor dave wilson says the fishing nets are endangering the coral reefs off the coast. so it depends on the type of bat if it's a if it's

a rope type net then they can call and eyes up but if it's a plastic type that going to cause a lot of damage no long type nets they cause a lot of damage to the corals. and then that settle on the fragile corals and literally a wreck a mark david wilson has found a lot today in addition to all the other plastic garbage tangles single use plastic this is the biggest threat to the environment. at the moment and a lot of people's opinion. will stop plastic bags. the wrappers that the plastic bubbles come in. so with the way they just get blown away into the say . yes we have again more examples of that. and so the garbage gen. by millions of tourists is increasingly choking the cats

once beautiful beaches. and. even the monkeys have learned to drink from plastic cups. the internationally renowned marine ecologist tom tom on the loss of what has been studying the effects of plastic waste on the ecosystem for the last decade. the 1st thing you see is the big question is just how the koranic and covert of coral so if you. had raised the coral can get the ash yeah the water movement is stopped because it's from a cold war like a human is your birthday yet you cannot so why that is one big drawback

and also the met has taken is mean although sort of fishing they have a something like that nylon not something that cracked to the hollow and when the coloring pegged it out. then rules troops wrong enough to track all the whole role . because. all of the self we want to find out what consequences the increasing environmental pollution caused by tourism has for the call reefs off the cat so we join a diving trip to the items of cover chocked. so we can forget about spending a quiet day alone in this natural paradise there are dozens of ships are fact.

in 2010 we went the correct chart for the 1st time and found an underwater world of an chanting p.c. . a leopard chock harmless to humans. eat lean. mean. eat me in the in the huge sponges and colorful corals on the sea bed. in the evening. with the other so how's it looking now what has changed. in our 1st impression the underwater world is still in many places species rich and

beautiful. but we were still more impressed by the diving here in 2010 than we are today you. now the water is a lot claudia and we find garbage in many places honestly that. one and a karl is showing the effects of climate change as well. if the water is too warm it eats away the sensitive corals. but sewage garbage and too many divers are also eating and mark. a carpet of plastic waste is floating on the surface of the water the current has pushed the garbage from the open sea into the bank. it's becoming more and more common rely on .

and then later afternoon we return to the fantastic island hauled off to catch. it. for the next day we booked a trip to the p.p. islands probably the most beautiful islands and southern thailand. i mean our economy start with some shopping into cat harbor we're supposed to buy bathing shoes that will protect us from shop edge corals a pair costs around 8 euros and a lot of being sold. by the by that. of us that. at last we settle for the world famous islands. the music on board

fights with the sound of a $500.00 horsepower engine. on the way we stop at a coral reef or a bit of snow. that. few people on board have ever had anything to do with masks and small calls and a lot of them can't swim either. one speedboat after another ferries the snow close to the reefs. thousands of tourists every day trashing the fragile reef.

protech aides karl polyps have built up the reef millimeter by millimeter. now a lot of that mr straw it in just a few minutes. is really hard to do to make that people understand how to be at the end is that they don't want to harm the whole road but they don't know but they don't understand how from the inland. whatever that ever made my beautiful country the number of the fall so they don't have any understanding about a forest because the back country they know hauritz. the yeah.

the b.b. islands are actually especially protected national park. but since the organizers of the day trips discovered them for themselves millions of tourists have been visiting the picturesque rock islands and killing off nature by their. next all the so-called monkey that. a real tourist attraction.

today we see 3 monkeys on the rocks with tourists on 6 speed boats crowding around the best photo spot. yet we have more to add to quite free. at the p.p.l. at it's only 14 square. and. so you can expect that when you crowd i think the p.p.i. that maybe the music. the consequences are devastating. under you it runs a dire center on the p.p.i.

. he isn't prepared to accept that she would have been monitoring the state of the underwater world yes repeatedly diving to count the corals and document the damage . again today andrew hewett is on the way with his underwater camera in the popular diving areas. ready we need to reach respect that. the more people like ation the more impact it's

going to have on call race that has to be a maximum limit that we can use up 500 people visiting an area or any one particular. if we just let it go and let people do whatever they want they can get out of control and you can see there's a big difference in the health of the colors when there's too many people. for the 1st time the thai authorities have reacted to the world famous my ebay where the movie the beach with leonardo dicaprio was shot has been closed to tourists for several months to give the corals a chance to recover. i think i have mixed feelings about it i think it's very good that we do things like that. but if you just play one area you have to expect that all the people that go to one area going to go to another area and put pressure on another area. you can see what

happens here on the main island people don't. since maya day has been closed the day trippers are brought to their speech i mean it turns into a gigantic speedboat parking lot. after a selfie at the beach it's a short walk into the village. and maybe some fast food before we move on to the next attraction so what do the people who live on people don't get from the daytrippers we visit the dollar restaurant which offers thai cuisine at reasonable prices. but the n.s.a. is he has few can. donors overrun by tourists he's fighting for his existence.

hardly any tourists come here. the restaurants that have the most guests are on the beach the boats out there. the tourists always want to keep. they're afraid if they come into the village they might get lost. people don't is the only island here that is permanently inhabited the fountains and daytrippers have not brought prosperity to the people here the big tourism companies earn money from the excursions but the locals often only have jobs at the time minimum wage of just under 9 euros per day. the interior of the island looks like many places can't waste disposal is

a big problem. this old man is trying fish one of the local staple foods he sells it to his neighbors he tells us. he says he's doing it because he doesn't know what else he can do. he tells us the flies out particularly annoying he has to keep the fish in plastic bags to keep them away. now incomes are not the only problem the people don't have. the island's exposed

location means it's also prone to natural disasters we notice signs saying evacuation route if a tidal wave us tsunami is heading towards the island both locals and tourists are supposed to flee to safety but where does the escape route actually lead. we follow the signs. after a few meters it ends at an iron gate at a death trap in an emergency. escape routes were set up after the last an army with international donations but today the danger seems to be forgotten and not only on the p.p. and it's. december 200-4700 people died as a result of the tsunami on people don't. a few 100 kilometers away in the tourist

town of kalak it claimed more than 3000 victims. holidaymakers filmed it with their video cameras. but today almost nothing and carlock recalls the catastrophe. the force of the tidal wave hold as coast guard patrol boat a kilometer into the hinterland it was left as a memorial and a tsunami memorial museum was built right next to it. the memorial lives from donations much like one tom to the curator tells us. these

photos from december 2004 show relaxed by this and in the background the incoming tidal wave. the museum does not only want to remind people it also wants to make them or where of the danger because there is little time left after a secret before the tidal wave reaches the coast. this graph shows how the 2004 tsunami spread. but what the authorities in the tourist resort of learned from the catastrophe. we notice that almost the entire coast is covered with large hotel complexes. the guests there will be the 1st victims of a hotel's past. of any emergency plans. and . had any plan. people. come

in we don't know. how many times that we have to leave. and what about the escape routes that were stuck with international aid after 2004 to the people here in ca like take the danger seriously we follow the signs again. we're not far from the nearest shelter. thousands of inhabitants and tourists should be able to find safety that. we eventually find it. it's full of furniture. and there's an elevator for the disabled but it's derelict the power hasn't worked for a long time. after me happier than i thought by. now many are.

broken and. that. creation doesn't work anymore. now. many. many of it is not clear where. we can with. the lessons of the 2004 disaster seem to have been forgotten. we continue on to the next destination of our journey the plan not national park. our excursion here is well organized fast we explore the small base by travel but that's the source of income for the locals. but it's meant here owns about 13 years per day which by thai standards is a wage they can live on. that.

the next stop on the tour is a case. now at low tide when the water level is low we can pass through the cape to the interior of the island.

but we're not alone here either. dozens of tourists from other excursion boats are also here marveling at the bizarre rock formations and the mighty man drove routes. you. travel brochure says will get lunch eric opening an original muslim fishing village built on stilts in the sea.

the original village quickly turns out to be a collection of tourist restaurants and souvenir shops after all $10000000.00 visitors pass through here every year and all of them pay the $2.00 operators a flat rate for their lunch so the locals get little benefit from it. after lunch we look at the see the new shops. shock's teeth are very popular this year. this $1.00 costs around 40 euros but german customs duties will increase that price several fold. sharks are a threatened species so just like corals and shells this object to the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild foreigner and flora and the import of these souvenirs to germany is prohibited. otherwise you can buy t. shirts caps and scarves just like everywhere else.

finally hidden at the back of the village we find the locals hot they are muslims so perhaps they are bothered by the lightly dressed europeans. this local asks us to buy a souvenir from her she lives off the track she says and has no other income wonders when they hit. the earth ok it looks. like. 2 hours later we had off to the high point of our discussion.

this is probably the most famous walk in the world. much more any less james bond shot scenes for the movie the man with the golden gun here. but today the villains are all gone home that is left after fountains of tourists who all want just one thing a 1st or a selfie to show that they with their. previous

how do you like it here. you know it's ok it's ok ok and all the people terrible but it was to be expected it was marketed this way. what do you think same here the same but still beautiful. but that's another thing we should have come another time perhaps in the morning or evening. but would that have helped. the crowds of tourists surged through the small island from early in the morning until late in the evening the. rest of this is that when you see these guys walking around in swimming trunks a little undignified i'd say. something good.

at the other end of the island there are more souvenir stores selling the same troubles even as to which the scenes are planned it. like this tiger shot with the . james bond island and the pun on national park. income as the island is really called is a natural jan that has degenerated into a tourist hot spot. we saw for the last stop of our journey before we returned.

we reached the island of cutout off the southeast coast of time and. when you see these beaches you can hardly believe that cotto was a prison island until 947. today it's more about wellness time as such as a specialty here young people and scuba divers are particularly drawn to kowtow. we remember the pictures we shot here in 2010. and. earlier the way there was an abundance of fish. both shark crossed i.

shouldn't get too close to them sometimes they also attack people. who'll. back to the present. simon dowling and dorothy lou from environmental association in cocoa tau take us out to sea. they want to show us what's changed since we 1st came here. a whole

fleet of boats awaits us at the dive site. diving is a mass of n.t.'s thousands crowd the few dive sites. in the a world it'll be a lot suddenly we come across a whale shark the biggest fish in the world it's harmless to humans. in the mean in the war that died as a completely over the moon. but now we see the consequences here destroyed coral. there are definitely too many tourists here if we could limit the number of

tourists or change their marine status it would help a lot. and limitation as well fishing is also a big impacts on everest the 3 cell back to qatar. were always under observation because i shoot on the island as strictly monitored by the tourist police women to just show the good parts. of the west secretly shooting these pictures of the garbage of many tourists ends up in island interior and unofficial dumps like this. the waste water flows untreated into the sea in many places. $1500000.00 tourists visit her town every year. the sea is polluted which also damages the corals.

in the afternoon we meet dorothy leaf from eco tower again. she's welding a metal construction at the point of which is not immediately apparent. i'm a steel structure in the shape of a triple masted chinese junk for our car a garden in a junkyard not official grief. this is the plant karl branches are placed on a metal structures of a time they grow into an artificial reef. and. it's hard work and individual pieces of healthy coral are tied to the construction

where they grow over the years. it will. make. many diving tourists now look at the artificial reef in all. but you know if we do our part to build and expand the artificial reefs then you know i think it gives the other dive sites a chance to recover. as we drive back from qatar to cairns we think. this could be one way into the future artificial coral reefs as an attraction for dr interests to take the pressure off a natural environment it's a great idea that has already become reality on part time.

on the way back we constantly meet the fishing boats that are overfishing the sea. cause every morning fully. laden trail a school a child on a cat fishing pollution that catches offloaded by the ton. millions of tourists want one thing above all else fresh sea fish on their plates the fish are sorted according to size on the key size. of this ship. and pale light for sale. still in the us yeah. like. a.

lot. of. fish has become expensive cat this is especially true for the larger fish which go directly to the tourist restaurants. the smaller ones are sold on the market. that's the real problem says the buyer. would be. nameless mainly unless. business is tough in order to catch the coveted big fish the try to stay at sea for days on end. the fishermen themselves and then released from this business. many of these guest workers from neighboring me in the mouth. they get just 2 or 3 euros

a day they say but nobody will confirm that in front of the camera. the tourists who admire have a fresh fish and paquette know nothing about all this. parrot fish for example typically inhabit coral reefs when it cools the nets destroy the corals. while the fishes and then prepared in a restaurant for a small faith. and on the beach right behind a restaurant. this place looks like so many other places waste and sewage from

restaurants flowing untreated into the sea. what would be the best way to further develop tourism in thailand the pacific asia travel organization which is committed to responsible tourism says the government in far off bangkok is planning to increase the number of tourists to 15000000 per year. companies are in the month from the hordes of tourists while the people here at the time beach work in the kitchens for minimum wage chill drinks on the beach. it's already crowded enough at potomac beach in high season. more tourists.

to tang's man. is aware that tourism is the most important source of income. nevertheless she's worried about the plans coming out of bangkok. but up and joy will tell you all i know casualties and there's a lot going on in high season is that night away though i might think it's ok right now that isn't my goal but if more come it'll be difficult jack i'm going to get as far as the water supply sewage garbage and transport are concerned and i think we are already at the limit and that has. her the country needs rational and sustainable tourism development policy she says development that takes most only economic interests but also the interests of people nature and the environment into account. otherwise thailand will soon cease to be

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