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i've come here because i want to spend some time in the mountains 1st on site and later on foot. traffic but there is one of germany's most popular tourist destinations the region's incredible variety of landscapes make it a paradise for those seeking a more active holiday so it looks like i'm going to get a lot of exercise and while i'm here and while i'm at it i want to find out the ways in which the coronavirus pandemic and climate change are affecting tourism here in the alps. what are the challenges of mass tourism poses to this mountainous region. one big draw are the many fanciful castles built by king to take the 2nd. but will also visit dubrovnik word check in viewer will show us how the corona crisis is affecting her hometown. my

destination is the shot in a scenic point in the mountain range the 2nd had a house built up there for the 1st leg of the journey i've reserved a bike. find a cold welcome. to make the climb a little easier i've decided to rent an. bus and then is there anything i should watch out for. the feel of the probably the most common error people make is overestimating the situation got across the street steve bikes will take you just about anywhere they offer a lot of power. then suddenly you're at the summit and can't get down. this made it easy to overextend yourself that's why you should be careful on the descent keep your hands on the brakes take your time go slowly and enjoy the nature of around you don't come shooting down. soon as i leave mitten i'm american the beautiful bavarian landscape. the paths are

blind and the ascent is still manageable. after a couple of minutes of riding through the forest i arrive at a leak which i see. but i still have a long way to go. yet the nation today is the king's house on shock and that could only be reached on foot or by bike and that isolation suited look like the 2nd just fine because well he wasn't much of a people person he liked to have the beautiful bavarian landscape all to himself something that becomes quite apparent if you look at the various palaces he built in his king. james a the largest lake in bavaria it was here that take the 2nd had his luxury of having teams

a palace built no expense was spared. it's just one of several residences that they commissioned at times he labored over plans for 3 palaces at once. to get mired the absolute monarchs of france having a palace was intended as a replica. except that it was neither is the power nor of social life. the it was trying to create the illusion of a bygone world which he chose to enjoy in solitude. after sunset or 35 servants how to light of the contents and the palace that they all had to vanish so the king could be alone here and your interests. visible from far and wide yet seemingly unapproachable noise feinstein castle at the foot of the alps. the most famous of all his castles it too was built for loot big and

looted alone he was and rolled by tales of the middle ages the singer's hall was meant to be a tribute to the age of chivalry and its culture. but lute bit was also a product of his time he loved technological innovations his nights casual beach or telephones and running water big never lived to see the completion of either north . or the heaven team say palace. not far away is the only palace the bavarian finished linda hall big the 2nd actually lived here for some time surrounded by a vast park it's thought to have been his favorite palace. and back on the trail my uphill battle begins.

this scenery looks like a painting and the weather today couldn't be better it may be peak season but i actually had to have a place to myself. after one last steep climb i think that deserve another little break. so it's nice to see the event to a rustic alpine eatery at an altitude of 1400 meters. what's it like to live in a city typically overrun by tourists and how has that changed since the covert 19 pandemic began and this week's edition of our segment made a local will find out with the help of a viewer from dubrovnik the croatian city has been struggling with over tourism for quite some time. how long hello and welcome to brother make my name's dora pritchard i'm from dubrovnik but i lived in frankfurt for

a few years and returned to my wonderful home country after finishing high school i'm going to show you how beautiful dubrovnik is and why i love it so much. let us begin rooms but we'll start out here on the city walls and then not only the pride of the brother nick but of all croatia. 9 to 1979 the old city and these wills were added to the list of us go world heritage sites. of all assume that even though it was going to ask a world heritage site in 1901 the city was attacked by serbian and montenegrin forces you know but the walls remained standing until today one of. the levels of a normal day would be thousands of people out here at this time of year when a bad because of the corona crisis there are no simply fewer tourists this year than last that we locals don't think it's all that bad so now we have the place all

to ourselves. did i buy the best beer to brother nick is from a own mountain service up there you can walk up and go you can take the cable car i'd suggest we take the cable car today because it's so hot so banff on balance their highs. this isn't that amazing you can see everything from up here local island village are soft and the airport behind me we can see all of the broad nic it's a magnificent view. for years and every day now we're back down in the old city behind me is the main entrance to the i. town the political elite come on complement.

the front now or on to brother next main street and its most famous street called straw doing is it starts at the big on north korea's fountain with its 16 water based investor should buy out. as was fabulous and said stratton is our main street and very important in our lives since we do so many things on the streets i shop here during the coffee and spend time with our friends and families who don't mind we just love the streets and not just all starbucks that you must as fausto just imagine last year it was so crowded here you could hardly move you had to push people aside just to get through . and today as you can see it's practically empty at fast complet.

bumper to let the stroller through to the road near his computer that visiting the beautiful polluted city my favorite is a st jacobi from here you get the best we have to town. tough i hope you enjoyed we look forward to seeing you here and abroad nick with the mic tell them i'll be over the most of the little nickel. no rest for the weary it's time for the. second part of my track but i won't be making the ascent to the king's house and all by myself. will accompany me he's

a mountain guide from mit and. he says the mountains have a calming effect on him and that sometimes you just need to stop look and listen. because then how did you come to be a mountain guide. it actually started with my parents we were always in the mountains. then while doing my military service my path seemed preordained i became a mountain leader for the armed forces i just kept spending more time in the mountains even in my free time. and things just turned out this way. i mean you tell me as a city kid what a mountain guide does you know also. it has changed a bit in that in the past the people who came here usually had some experience

they'd already done a fair amount of hiking boots nowadays many people are just looking to have an experience and tend to be built repaired. so that poses the biggest challenge. since so few people come with any previous experience you have to teach them everything with starting with how to walk. that's the way it is with us myself. and this is. what should i look out for if i want to hike around here. the sticks there isn't any the most important thing is to be in good condition and have a bit of energy in reserve so you can enjoy it. and it's possible to rush around see a sight and then dash off that is the point isn't whether or not you reach your goal but what you get out of it i mean we're seeing this more and more most people go too hard they're always pushing themselves to the limit and that's really a shame because then you don't take in what's all around you you need a little something in reserve for that possibly for this initiative.

and taking the time to veer off the beaten path to the pleasure of. all right before we continue our hike let's take a quick look at the impact mass tourism has on some of the most popular regions here in the alps. but there are moments when you say ok this coke or not just to which traffic it puts a strain on the parts it's really hard in the high contrast to the large crowd that's put a burden on the local population the communities and the infrastructure in the valley and the summers director of the streams of visitors and providing useful information is crucial so much that impish think what. the stampede of visitors to outdoor destinations has noticeably increased in these days of the coronavirus

pandemic if visitor counts in the algo alps are anything to go by as long as people stick to the model trails and. no way on hina is going with it. people like to be in the surroundings. like vatican is particularly popular. it's a delicate balancing act protecting nature while permitting crowds of people to have some fun in the sun. these days the ranges only go out in pen communing with nature means different things to different people. managing the crowds is getting harder as one of my colleagues said we are more like people minders than conservation officers. you hear it all so they threaten to call a lawyer with the threats. even when all you want to do with clarify things was also clear. protective plant species grow in the nature reserves and conservation areas around the lake for example the marsh.

in restricted areas people often build fires which is not limited to all this with cigarette butts. in. the heart of the summer the more people head into the water as many as a 1000 per day at the book when they go waterfalls in the. often they get close to sensitive areas and show little consideration for the environment with its red plant species. the more popular a spot like this becomes the grace of the threat to its nature. but it's not purely thought worries as this trend toward sharing individual experiences with a larger already lives on social media platforms like instagram it was

a solemn event about instagram information about an incredible sunrise over the mountain. and more people come out probably spots even in typically after time thought out. this is. done future started you know it's truly gives me cause for concern or the sickly saw that maybe one way to help is to avoid those popular spots altogether. as. we're getting close to the top. on the side of the trail and stefan points out some yellow gentian to me it's a plant commonly found in the alps it thrives here at an altitude of some $800.00 metres. that's what that was worth it you know. not bad not at all.

and there it is i can see my goal the king's house on shot and the photo of the vet . tourism and climate change are said to be threatening the alpine flora and fauna is that something you see yourself spend a lot of time in the mountains and it was a feeling. towards moves in the case of tourism yes some people there are popular spots like the spitzer summit that are really overrun by masses of tourists but as you experienced yourself today we hardly saw anybody on our way up. there really quiet areas for instance in the called general range over there. ok even in peak season and we're at the absolute peak of the season right now you can be all on your own same const well then can you move on that's for climate change we haven't felt very much yet. maybe it's objective because you

don't notice gradual changes as much as the woman and it's so. but we've always had a few tough winners and some very mild ones we've had dry winters and we've had lots of parts of potations we've had flooding and then we've had very dry years it's always changing but there are things i notice that for instance with the ozone to become more sensitive but maybe that's a. in any case i do notice something that's true obviously. what i don't feel it's causing a great deal of change for us. for the. last one thing that's very different this year is the coronavirus a lot of people are spending their holidays closer to home many germans are staying in germany what if you noticed here in the region.

he. says it's been somewhat stressful for us because we can't make long term plans and have to react fast to the changes. because this since but the guests are noticeably more relaxed than in recent years . relaxed in the sense that most readily accept it when you say that they can do something or other there's not so much i wanted and i want it now which has been something of a trend the past few years that can get really unpleasant we're not saying any of that people seem happy with whatever's possible i hope it will stay that way for a while. and a little paradise right outside your door thanks for showing it to me you're my pleasure. i can handle the last stretch on my own the king's house is now in plain sight of course king loot vase didn't walk up here himself he had servants to carry him and a letter of. this summer the king's alpine

hideout is closed in compliance with social distancing and hygiene guidelines but after the long hike we definitely want you to see what it's like inside. compared to the seconds of other residences the king's house and shot him seems almost modest it was built in 872 in the style of a swiss chalet. in spite of the beautiful swiss pine paneling the living quarters on the ground floor come across as relatively plain. seemingly out of character for the fairy tale king. of the upper story however fully reflects its creator here live in the 2nd had a sumptuous hall build an oriental style crammed full of gilded carving lit through

stained glass windows and decorated with fine drugs magnificent chandelier ears and peacock feathers. the turkish room with its fountain in the center provided a spectacular backdrop for the king's birthday celebrations. isolated high in the bavarian alps he recreated the magical world of the arabian nights. while the king's house remains closed during the pandemic the former servants' quarters now a mountain in have reopened to the public. back in law takes time this building served as a storehouse it's also where the king's meals were prepared for over 15 years now

it's been run by the light and power family meeting but a lot too many people come here to learn more about the life of king lou thank you or are most just hikers ready for a break. well it's too bad the house is closed at the moment with the hikers are usually keen to see the place. they know there's something special to see in the upper floor so many want to go in. the store. some days 250 or 300 people walk through the house. there are 2 guides from the lindo health palace who give hourly tours for up to 30 people there you know. they tell visitors all about luke vick and his connection to this place that they mean you know. can you can pick his title to throw out there you've got a bunch of what relevance does that all have for you. in this

area there's really no other place comparable to it seems so the quantity of swiss pine is unique in bavaria for instance and the panorama is simply fantastic. there's nothing else like it this is the song that's the beauty of it hard when i'm so glad no trains coming here. from factories and souther wise it would no longer be the way it is now you need to use this is the only lodge that's been preserved in its original condition and it's not been replaced with a new one like the other lodges or been repainted as it's through the midst of. the we're very proud that everything here is so old americans who should protest his response or wanted to be here. as you probably know there is usually a spot reserved on the show for your travel experiences this week will show you a video shot by jurado krishnapillai from india before the pandemic a visit at the yacht thai and nature park in corolla home to the world's biggest

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a close encounter with a stubborn local. if this won't work. yes call didn't expect that did you. call one cow. going to tell me i'm a alps. let's look out for and is where my journey and king loued may have the belvedere built not far from his house from here the view of the rhine valley is simply breathtaking. if you haven't got anybody to carry you up the mountain the hike like this is pretty intense but the journey is the destination right plus there is nothing like that feeling of satisfaction you

get once you reach the top and you get this view so extremely exhausting but also extremely well.

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