more than 3000000000 people live under repressive regimes they censor the internet for political purposes used to diversity of opinion on the internet. during online session at the global media today. we all crave those few weeks every year the chance to get away from the home and relax far from the daily map last year some one and a half 1000000000 tourists descended on the world's most beautiful place 2020 looks very different planes have been grounded hotels are struggling to fill beds

traditional tourist destinations are facing an unprecedented challenge. many holiday makers are now spending their vacation in their home countries here in germany this has led to beaches being shut due to overcrowding is this the end of the road for travel and tourism that's our focus this week on made i'm glad to have you on the this is how it used to be crew ships giant floating condominiums carrying tens of thousands of tourists from one port to the next to see all the sites that could be packed into one week on the water but now the coronavirus has crippled industry ports have been refusing ships entry leaving passengers and crew stranded at sea and with operators struggling to stay afloat my colleague ben physical and asked if anyone will ever take a cruise again. my own holiday from hell 2016 highly contagious no ro virus broke out i was trapped for 2 days in my cabin

with severe chills vomiting diarrhea my 1st and last cruise. and now the w. sends me to a boarding packed with idle cruise liners listening to the stirring up memories of that night mantra and. ever since then i've kept my distance this is as close as i'll get to the giants of the sea hamburg germany made port but i am one of the few despite health scares and the sect is huge topic footprint business have been booming until the coronavirus. now the operators face billions in losses in lawsuits some scientists have labeled the ships incubators for infectious disease but the industry says it took extraordinary measures to limit outbreaks. germany's are tiny and cultural to world cruise when the coronavirus broke out to get help in

australia. this cruise entertainer was one of the thousands trapped on board. they did everything they could our captain and cruise director both through the amazing job really didn't get any sleep it was a really difficult time quarantine was strict you couldn't leave your cabin. ukranian still has concerns about safety. she should have been kinder to ships don't have a laboratory where they can do tests for example that's something they'll have to think about they don't have the facilities to carry out corona tests or the like that has to be done on land and it takes time. then do passengers want to take a cruise again one of you than 5 definitely were booked out our passengers all want to come back. booked out for the next 2 years and i'm certain many many people will want to do the trip and will the 31 year old be among them.

i can't wait it's been my life for the last 11 years i've always been on cruise ships i just don't know when i'll be able to again when the quest the fun is this i think. it'd take a lot to convince me to set sail again but i've got nothing against this little guy . and i've got van to combine to hold my head he's an expert in the field. and. a ship builder told me that hygiene levels on these cruises are higher than in a hotel is that right well that's what the cruise ship owners are saying at the moment nobody has proved it so far a cruise ships more susceptible to something like the coronavirus than other places certainly they are because wherever you have big crowds of people $4000.00 officers 1000 plus the crew on the narrow area of progress mixed together the risk is there . yeah that's

a biggie much bigger than i remember. but that we have to get this close. to get stuck on that out at sea with corona. and all the other things you can catch on a cruise salmonella chicken pox a cold i know roe virus which i caught along with heaps of other passages. but one of the interesting things i discovered when researching this story is that only a few thousands cases i know of wires broke out last year among the sea 1000000 cruise passengers that's point 003 percent with corona at least $55.00 cruise ships were invented a 5th of the global fleet some health experts blame them for helping to carry the virus around the globe many vessels went on sailing for weeks after it was detected on a ship over nama lawyer the german government's maritime coordinator norbert bachman disagrees all of new well. we don't have any evidence of that

in other words the problem stayed on board. the cruise liners are built according to the latest standards and you can be. certain they'll be taking this experience from the pandemic and using it to ensure their vessels are even more secure in the future. while. a study in march linked to cruise ships with 17 percent of cases in the united states in the early weeks of the spread of the virus. some argue an outbreak on the ruby princess was a major source of cases in australia a criminal investigation was launched. the industry is facing a huge image problem and operators continue to burn through billions of dollars in cash some with brand new vessels in dock. the basically these new ships that are being built these giants of disease. some of

which have only just been finished but are they going to ever run at full capacity therefore there was a very big there money and this was the reason why more and more trips of this i had being built they really thought everybody thought all the are good that business. can go in continuously and call on are they to stop before. the years of raking in the cash bonus or putting some of these boats up for sale. other operators one state but they're registered in tax havens like panama or the bahamas they don't buy corporate tax still the wider sector needs help in germany shipyards are an enormous employer. that's why this is such an important sector for us ready. you know this case we

have to directly support the industry with taxpayer funds. are treating everyone the same that means short time work benefits and loans. to ensure that the sector survives the crisis. they look so a load completely empty but bookings are already surging operators are offering big discounts and promises of a gold standard in public health some analysts expect another boom even bigger than before the crisis just don't count on me. and since ben filed that report some smaller cruise ships have been allowed to sail again but with only half the passengers and with no stops at ports the operators of

the cruise he went on i've gone bankrupt. and it's not just cruise companies that are scared of going under small travel agencies have been hit so have large tour operators and formerly high flying airlines the whole travel sectors anxiously looking for a way out of the crisis. and disguises grounded planes the aviation industry is in the middle of a crisis in may international air traffic with a 10th of what it was in the same month last year in the past 2 decades the number of tourist arrivals has more than doubled to 1500000 globally 3 scenarios so how big an impact kovac 1000 could have on the industry if global travel restrictions were to be lifted in july there'd be 58 percent fewer tourists this year compared to last september lifting would mean a 70 percent reduction in. travel bans lost until december it could lead to a decline of 78 percent. it's no wonder then that the airline industry is calling

for travel warnings to be reversed quickly many airlines around the world have already announced layoffs on produce their fleets. as the world remains in the grips of a pandemic the industry faces a future with fewer airlines fewer planes and fewer passengers. grounded. so how can the industry take off again after lock down and under what conditions a special charter flight from frankfurt to beijing offered a kind of trial run. business people eager to get back to work and. i am here in

frankfurt airport usually one of europe's busiest airports you really m.t.v. a few people however are queuing up for laundry based. we still have 12 hours until the parsha but we've all been samone here for a test a virus test and of course if anybody turns out positive they cannot afford the flight we are passengers on the 1st flight to china in months next to me in the queue is the enter family christian works for a major german company and a jig. like that is hard work but to be honest i think feel safe that i'm definitely not going to be infected on this line. the virus test is just one of many security measures to prevent the infection from being imported back into china again this is not a scheduled flight but a charter flight warga nies by the german chambre of commerce and it's seen as

a test for many countries who are eager to get their business executives back into the country temperatures screened at the gate and we get a test result on arrival the family as everybody else will have to quarantine for 2 weeks in a hotel companies are to obtain multiple permissions from the chinese authorities for the employees and all of us had to pick up a special visa had one of the consulates flight was even postponed a few days because not everybody was able to get the paperwork done in time finally we are on our way our temperatures checked several times throughout the night. the born arrival health authority offices board the flight to check the temperature again we have to fill in a questionnaire our data is registered with the health authority and we have to go for another round of testing. nose and mouth

swabs for another virus test plus blood for an antibody test but takes us directly from the appeal to the hotel. after our luggage. just sprayed with disinfectant we get assigned to our rooms which we would no longer be allowed to leave. so this is my home for the next 2 weeks we have to report our temperature twice a day food will be placed in front of our door double glazed windows separating us from the country we were finally allowed back. quite a trip. hundreds of years this spirit chap here has been quietly guarding german vegetable patches now because of the pandemic the garden gnome is finally getting his moment in the sun with international travel obliterated many germans are

trading their usual holidays for time and their allotment carts city dwellers these small patches of rentable land provide an oasis of their own. reports on a quint essentially german staycation. leave. gandhi's children no fruits and vegetables don't grow in plastic it comes from their garden and they know why waiting is smart. yes it helps the plants grow the south bronx. we're exploring some of the ellen's allotment gardens margaret ross heart adultery is garden is my 1st stop and i want to ask you why more and more people are looking to get in on the acts. these children enjoy digging in the dirt and are learning about nature in the process. right in the middle of a big city. 70000

lukman gardens in berlin more than any other european city. every german city has them. almost a 1000000 people in germany have an allotment green space is good for the urban climate and they help preserve biodiversity. every patch of green here represents an allotment garden community in berlin we've visited 3 of them to this. parents the gardens are a chance to relax and the kids can run riot in safety and the other kids become friends. you see each other regularly. and with the coronavirus people are spending more time in the car. that's how margaret and i got to know each other this spring. margaret ross hard to talk here and her partner had to wait a long time to get their plot. 7 years all together it took 6 years to

get onto the shortlist but then within a year we got it our wonderful garden. is on the management committee. together with his partner using the coronavirus crisis to give that cabin a maker. said tear it down and build a new one but it's so cute we decided to keep. a new one would have cost more up to $20000.00 euros so are any plots available. during the short coronavirus lockdown we had over 100 applications but we already have a waiting list i mean only pass on 4 or 5 cartons a year when people hand them back or move away. in the small communal plus people on the waiting list can see it a lot more life suits them many allotment communities are opening up communal plants as a way to deepen ties with the surrounding neighborhood and to distribute space more

equitably. when. i live around the corner i like coming here in the morning doing a bit of weeding and puttering maybe sit down for 10 minutes before going to work it's great and destroy. these allotment gardens are worried that the city might demolish some of the cabins to make way for a school sports field. many plots have been bulldozed in recent years. it is a fast growing city and the gardens are often in prime locations none costs $6000.00 euros a square meter around here. and we get calls from real estate people and find them wandering along the pathway is taking photos i wonder how much it might all be worth or. an ongoing political conflict been rallies we've held talks of the city. there have been gardeners know how lucky they.

are affordable and easy to get to. talk i can come here every day i can just stop by after work and potter around for an hour on the way to leave all the stress of work and the city behind stop. german spend $4000.00 euros a year on average on vacations. lease plus utilities on an allotment costs a fraction of that there are other costs involved. in a paid her pretty decisive $3000.00 euros for the cabin some demand up to $10600.00 square metres of leasehold loaned up part of the deal. but why are all the allotments roughly the same song and why do they all grow vegetables and fruit. we pay a visit to the chairperson of one garden community in minerals of girl in. my. because

heading out to make sure a garden is being properly kept it turns out germany even asked regulations governing the size and usage of allotments. so sorry it's coming along nicely rome wasn't built in a day either. this garden looks like it's being kept properly let's take it off on our list. and on. this garden has set up 8 raised vegetable beds that's part of what shows that she's using her plot in accordance with the regulations. this is our 2nd visit to this plot with just $0.35 a square meter for. one of the requirements if we use it like a garden. allotment rules say growing some sort of food is important but not on a commercial scale. fortunately bees are permitted to lend

a helping hand to round out to we're going to pay a visit to the sea is family. they've never heard of anything like german style allotment gardens when they arrived here from canada. this theme of urban gardening and gardening in cities is becoming more popular so people have a little bit more of a concept or an idea of it but what's really interesting when you tell them this urban garden has existed for a 150 years then it really. wakes them up or it makes them interested because for most north americans. urban gardening is something new these days the paths inside a garden allotment community are open to all so you're free to take a stroll as long as you don't pass through a gate uninvited if you're lucky you might even get a bit of honey by opening there are going away so used to the public the communities are hoping to benefit the entire city. a garden is

a lovely thing of course but not everyone has one and not everyone wants to stay at home for those you're earning for faraway climes virtual reality goggles might be the answer but then you can discover the colosseum in rome check out times square new york and even climb mount everest so is this deep endemic induced future of tourism we met to tour operators in the rwandan capital kigali to find out. his sightseeing bus isn't getting much use right now because there are hardly any foreign tourists in rwanda. but this man could profit from the tourism crisis with virtual tours. to wonder is home to mountain gorillas much loved by tourists. sightseeing bus got its start about a year ago ferrying physicals around kigali and the surrounding area business was

brisk until the coronavirus crisis now the bus ventures out only occasionally for a $100.00 visitors during this period it was very difficult because they're busy in the business has almost 100 percent stopped. moving. tom. patrick around what is hoping to provide an alternative for people who stayed home he's been taking pictures of tourist attractions in kigali and has started turning them into virtual tours. done right he thinks they'll be the next best thing to actually being there. this tour is a recreate shouldn't of a traditional royal residence. before. people didn't know about the vita couldn't understand it.

but now we're not talking about vita tours in 360 it goes fast because people are like i can actually visit this place without leaving my house. reopened its doors to visitors from abroad in mid june but there are still hardly any flights to the country. that means tour operators can't cover their costs kigali city tours 13 employees have had to tighten their belts. we are good with our stuff but we are temporary. stop trying to get a small money to survive and then when the business is humid. then we will continue. patrick around what works as an i.t. consultant but his dream is to earn a living from virtual tours. that have some clients who are testing the product or interested for instance we are in discussion we run the development board to

see how we can integrate this project to post it to our east meet us. domestic tourism is starting to pick up again the museums aren't deserted anymore but one that is hoping that local visitors will help bridge the gap to support the tourism industry the government has started offering loans to struggling companies . particularly articulate it well we had to. fund that fund. for operations because we needed money for top of it to go to city to what we are looking at. starting with the mystic tourist but without guests from abroad i wonder store is an industry won't be able to bounce back and what about the virtual tours like this one of a tea plantation will they put

a further dent in traditional tourism i'm not a competitor to the tories to the traditional tories but apart and because i think i mixed. the information we are trying to push people to visit locations so it's it's actually an advantage for that. as. the restaurants and the tourism industry in general volcanoes national park home to the mountain gorilla. is open to visitors again patrick around has never been here as it's too expensive the 1st package tours from europe i due to arrive in a few weeks for local tourism industry hopes it's a sign that the coronavirus crisis might soon be over. and finally even if a vacation might not be on the cards for many of us this year let's try to look

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