ah, she sponsor beauty up a bavaria? does that sound familiar? no, i am not in germany. i'm by the mediterranean sea on the most popular holiday island for german tourists. majorca before the pandemic, there was usually a lot going on here around the so called ballot money. ah, as you can see, it's still very quiet here. so it's low season, like the calm before the storm of all the tourists tourism is starting again here and some are happy about that. others not that much. why is my yorker so popular? that's what i want to find out. my yorkers attractions

include paloma the capital. i have 3 tips for you. i will then take you to the other side of the island by train to saw you. i also tried typical spanish appetizers top us back to the beginning of my journey for lim airport. from here, a plane is going to take me straight to my orphan. make sure you have some extra time for the security chicken berlin. i'm in a hurry right now. the flight is almost fully booked from berlin, head towards the mediterranean. after 2 and a half hours. we landed palmer,

my york hm. the island belongs to the belly arctic islands in 2019, before the pandemic around 14000000 international tourists visited the archipelago . my 1st stop is the see. it's a mild 17 degrees celsius, but unfortunately not as sunny as i'd hoped. tourism and my orca has a long tradition, especially for visitors from germany. they love mother because it's usually warmer here. the island is also easy to get to and relatively inexpensive. so let's take a quick look back how that lay your co become the favorite island of the germans. in the 1950s tourism on my orca was still

a pleasure reserved for the leaves. few people could even afford the price of the flight to the island that all changed with the introduction of inexpensive package tours offered by german travel agencies, especially flights hotels and meals all inclusive and reasonably priced. suddenly tourism became a thing for the masses. in the 1960s, more than 1000000 tourists came to the island annually. and apart from miner fluctuations, the number kept growing each year. by the end of the ninety's, my worker was a top vacation destination in europe with more than $6000000.00 guests per year. but on the beaches around are not popular among german tourists. the drunk and rowdy crowds often bring the uglier sides of mass. torrison to light is on the back of the vibe is great here. good and great clubs, cool people in hot men. ah,

as the noisy crowds of tourists along the so called baller mon beach became increasingly synonymous with the image of my orca calls for more restrictions on the partying masses grew louder however, most attempts to reign in the excesses were unsuccessful. then in 2020 there was a complete collapse. as the corona virus pandemic cleared the streets of the popular vacation i lent that my organs had to come to terms with just how dependent they had become on tourism. no guests meant no income and with poverty and unemployment on the rise, angry protests corrupted in early 2021. thousands of people whose livelihoods

depend on vacationers took to the streets. according to his study by the university of the bally eric islands, nearly a 3rd of the 1100000 residence on the archipelago or at risk of poverty. so now that tourists are allowed to return, the question becomes, will my orca choose mass or class or go on? they feel we need to return to some sort of an oil, said adolf, but we have to do it mindfully. he has to wait on we can't change the way things are, but we shouldn't return to the old days when everything was over crowded. yeah. can you, i. ready like to more thought out. and loki tourism louis. yes. oh a lot. depends on tourism here. about 80 percent of the people on my york i live directly or indirectly from it. how does the regional government see it?

i meet rosanna, marie, you director general of tourism on the bali arctic islands. senora what are you out of the name of gina, missus moody. you there is war in zachary, in the middle of europe. what does this effect tourism here? am i orca aki am i orca says him, but i found litigation that we are of course affected by the war and i thought of place all countries are affected because i mean i lost that thought of and not only the tourism salary but production and infrastructure to allow mine or let it lapse, have been in the war and human suffering have consequences for all of your f and tourism is no exception. we haven't that. i mean they went off with him. okay, in let's book some of them in the next few weeks and months things should really get going again with tourism. are you hoping for as many vacationers as possible? how do you see it? my, your coming up will seem that, oh, go morally. when i'm not others, if them, if they,

if they don't well justice february, we passed a law that puts a cap on the number of hotels and vacation accommodation on the bali re island estimate about the amount of money i did. that means we won't continue to grow most, it won't be possible to build new hotels or holiday apartment, stuff that i feel you go him, isn't that simple? what will happen to the hotel complexes in a loud enough and mug aloof all these huge hotels for germans, dutch and brits less if say i own and not my be about it when the new laws passed containing certain requirements than businesses offering. accommodation, have to conclude that only that, that means one over the often we provide public funds to support businesses and meeting these applications and improving quality and sustainability that are less often even though that are stuck. i don't care, but we are clear about our direction is has food yet food, annoy or future does not lie in low quality, offering luge party crowds or irresponsible tourism or response harmony. yes. was that i am into knobs on your pregnancy at really an option 40 i with all due

respect. my yorker has a certain image for you, especially in germany, lots of beer, beaches and parties which as that of a s. i know how i want to change some things that's developed over decades, thought chaos, eagle port, vicar se, se is, and when, if you're right, it's tricky. that element there is. but remember that type of party tourism only effect that a small part of the island. i promised before the pandemic hit, we'd already introduced a law to tackle the excess a lot of fun. i mostly aimed at the beaches of paloma, which attract most of the german tourist, is more on in my i remember, you know what? yeah, let it go. read if those were tighter, nobody than the pandemic came not and of course that meant no tourism at all, just the mattresses soonest. so we couldn't really implement that law. i thought i'd often dial that we put a lot of restrictions on the abuse of alcohol. i'm what's aimed at the disruptive activities taking place in those areas. but ali found in this house phone us can ok name of we don't want to see that on the bali eric island and he'll get us along.

his cell phone is up in the we in the administration, are doing everything in our power to change it. okay, we're thank you. with that. thank you. the next thing i want to do is visit tama the capital of the island. my 1st tip for you is the cathedral built in the 14th century, palma cathedral is one of the most important gothic buildings in all of europe. i am particularly impressed by the stained glass windows especially the magnificent rose window on the east facade. this cathedral east, huge ah,

numerous artists, half immortalized themselves here over the centuries. the famous spanish architect anthony go deep, redesigned the choir room at the beginning of the 20th century. ah, i can also recommend this somewhat strenuous climb to the terrace of the cathedral from up there. you'll have a great view of the whole bay of pol mine ah, here you can also see how huge the round window looks up close.

and look, there a cruise ship is back at sea. next we go to the old town of palmer on the square in front of the town hall. there is a peculiar overgrown structure. the olive tree is set to be at least 500 years old, but no one knows for sure. there is art nouveau, architecture, everywhere in the old town. you can explore one the fully on foot. it's so pleasant here that i don't even realize i'm in the big city after all. 400000 people live in palmer

this place looks quite similar to the plaza, my yoda madrid. so this is typically spanish. ah, my 3rd tip for a visit to palmer is between the old town and the port. this is the neighbourhood of santa catalina, quite popular for a few years. and by the way, fisherman used to live here in the past. the district has developed into a trendy area in recent years. the mostly smaller, 2 story houses have been renovated here. you'll find shops, restaurants, and cafes. it's a great atmosphere. ah, ah,

ah, now i want to go out into nature. and there's a great way to do that sustainable and with a nostalgia factor. this is the train that's going to take me straight to the other end of the island. as the name suggests, the trend this sawyer takes you to sawyer the string connection that has existed since 1912 takes about an hour for the historic locomotive to travel. the 27 kilometers there and back costs. 32 euros. i find its well worth the price. the gentle rattling of the train is peaceful and the views are beautiful. we had through the mountain range, sadly, trembling donna in the northwest of majorca, with mountains up to 1500 meters. the train stops in the middle of the mountains to

give us the opportunity to enjoy this view. mm hm. huh. ah. terminus saw you here. i switched to the tram because i want to go to the port the sawyer. this old tram is in no hurry either 30 minutes later i reach my destination.

port of the sawyer is situated in a large, sheltered bait. one of countless base on the islands each has its own character. there are a lot of boats here. the owners are probably still waiting for better weather. so am i bought it the so yet is framed by the time went on the mountains. it's only this quiet in the off season. unfortunately, it's still too cold for swimming. the water is just 14 degrees celsius. and now i'm getting hungry. a colleague recommended this little place to me. i try some spanish specialties with us. if

anyone goes they buy their own garcia as i've ordered some top us. that's typical spanish snacks, crockett's some potatoes with spicy sauce. these are peppers with salt. on top and olives and some bread. so let's see. mm. no with all i now want to take a closer look at what i saw in the distance of the train turn, the crab montana mountains. with the satellite i, montana is a popular hiking area. you can spend days here. a little trip should be enough for

me from beany bussey to fort mother, which this mix of unspoiled nature and terraces made for growing oranges. elements in olive trees makes that from one ton a unique. that is why it is also a unesco world heritage site. in addition, this landscape has been spared from mass tourism so far. ah, this is definitely something different. my archive, not only beaches and palm trees. majorca is also mountains. ah,

for the luke is a popular destination, about $600.00 residents ensure their village is wonderfully preserved. if even received awards and recognition of beauty nice little village. the hike was worth it. back in palmer, the environmental protection of my yorker also has a lobby. the g o b group by the outdoor me to look here is a nature conservation group that takes a critical look at the consequences of tourism. i meet medically that armies in this park and palmer. she's the spokes person for the g o. b, o, thick kreuziger law, consequences in your criticize the effects of mass tourism. so as a tourist or am i part of the problem? so bartholet pro lima. nice umbrella may. no, it's not an individual problem. it's

a political problem. and one that has to do with the local economic model. after many years ago, it was decided that new york would be a place, a tourism fighter, and we became nearly dependent on the family, mel effects of the economy. they won't select thought economical case. what can you do against this dependency in india when the most apostolic but and when we opted for tourism, we stopped producing the things that we need to live here in the alley. men thought out everything from food to other necessities suppressors then had low either a key. but then we made ourselves dependent on the import of goods from elsewhere. they may have got the as, there's, they for later thing happen it against the backdrop of the climate crisis. wars are they, they're there now transport routes and means of transportation must be changed when it kill dashboard. and we need to start producing something else like a lacy's lead will run up another fear prosperity must be generated from the production of our own essential goods, elaborate and not only from tourism, but as our standard lobby. that initial entry of comalla will say is if there are a lot of people here who earn

a lot of money from to it. so do you have to fight these people or how do you see it? okay, try to compress a hint that okamuro over i am, which was him. that is there are many interests in the tourism industry kit unit. there was always the question of him generates this wealth and who benefits from west lock? it is not the people here in the local population got out of my we see for example, that many hotels around by international investment funds. so got to be the, somebody aimed to create more wealth. a few people mean of meanwhile, the quality of life here is decreasing abbey by we see this in the rising levels of poverty and unemployment, that they have a few students and the quality of work in the industry and related status and nothing king thought, unless i thought it will indicate us of prosperity in a society in decline or seem this gay. so unless there be any status. nevertheless, every summer, more and more tourist town visiting the island, my students that gave you an abbey. so we need to find a balance sheet that most they can leave it out. is this

a program where exactly is the problem is there are many people in europe and around the world who think my yorker is a beautiful island. it would like to visit and get the island is quite big. there is enough space for every one, right? it's possible one of those. no one i just bought a house, isn't the problem, is that tourism has outgrown the island because you couldn't say that milker is suffering from touristic obesity, especially in the summer model. this leads to an imbalance which can not be sustained, socially, or environmentally. well okay, come in the mail, you my, your kathy slim down a bit, go on a dietary, is it something we said when, when it comes to tourism? yes. yeah, good. good. i thank you. thank you. that brings me back to where i started to the so called belmont beach areas are called by the audio and spanish, but with tourists flocking from germany. this became the bellman. as you can see, i am here and those read thoughts are by the audio. so seaside resort services and the translation german is actually by law mon, i can't believe it. this stretch of beach is

a red rack for all my. your kids who have had enough master is the numerous bars and clubs on is arina beach in the high season. it's just one boozy party mile me. although most of the big clubs like, mega park were close during the pandemic. they want to reopen this year, especially for german party tourists. the mentioned that kinda the restaurant is also in german hands since 988 gallon the dining has seen many tourists come and go some tim balaban. you are also part of the parliament. that's the thorn and the

side of the regional government. they don't like it that much, unless they would rather have more quality and less quantity. do you sometimes have the feeling that you're a not really wanted here to see? i'd say ashville to me and me so christie, a vincent does, and it comes to seen this. i am. so i think it's a matter of perspective that devil amanda andrea. i need because the bala mon, i can also be of high quality. a was in philosophy, said i some maybe it applies to the people who are completely out of control and misbehaving hom long. it's been named glenn. those people might not be wanted here or never, i'm sin about if i couldn't read of it. but to what extent can you understand that you might be part of a problem? i mean, you surf elk all their life acts. lots of music people dance. can you control that kenzie does? i'm strict virtual. yeah. nora id seen andy same yansa design. this 5. i, as they're looking at at the wrong way to well allow me solely selling cultural holidays is wishful thinking on my, your face as little good. know,

my yoga is big enough for everyone. as a, as is canada, yoga wilma, the yoga tourists can stay and think on i, the cyclists can come in winter all, but there has to be space for us to that. i knew you near my still mile. i cuz even a millionaire might want to go out for $12.00 or more beers. this good i this of this, it's just a part of being european or being a westerner, theo, owner, i, that's part of having a good quality of life. i'm the tool and is in leads to leave in flood if you don't have to overdo it, vanishing. what time? then. thanks. thanks for the interview and all the best. nanda, thanks. at the end of my i returned to santa catalina, the trendy district of palmer. there is a lot going on here in the evenings. how

as tourism changed on my archive after the pandemic isn't going to be class instead of mass, so lecture trips or party tours. well, in any case, most of the people on my, arca will be very happy that tourism, that is so important for this island picks up again at all. and i don't think this was my last time here or yes. ah ah, ah,

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