[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah oh, with a today i'm in bavaria in southern germany or more precisely mitten, but small bavarian town, nestles and b. l. a. i've come here because i want to spend some time in the mountains 1st on bike and later on. foot with bavaria is one of germany's most popular tourist

destinations. the regions 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 added, i want to find out the ways in which the corona virus pandemic and climate change are affecting tourism. here in the apps. ah, what are the challenges mass tourism poses to this mountain is region one big draw or the many fanciful castles built by king lewd fate. the 2nd but we'll also visit dubrovnik, where a check in viewer will show us how the corona crisis is affecting her hometown in my destination is the shock than a scenic point in the better stein mountain range, ludovic. the 2nd had a house build up there for the 1st leg of the journey. i've reserved

a bike and i know hi nicole, welcome to make the climb a little easier. i've decided to rent an e bite bus and then is there anything i should watch out for it? i mean, most things the feelers thinking, probably the most common error people make, is overestimating. the situation got accomplished with the bikes will take you just about anywhere. they offer a lot of power. well, this is then suddenly you're at the summit and can't get down before this. it's easy to over extend 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 around june. don't come shooting down his throat as she is. as soon as i leave mitten vase, i'm embarrassed in the beautiful bavarian lands. the paths are wide and the ascent is still manageable. after a couple of minutes of riding through the forest,

i arrive at a lake lout se, but i still have a long way to go with just the nation today is the king's house on shock than that can only be reached on foot or by bike and that isolation suited like the 2nd just fine because to 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 kingdom teams, they are the largest lake in bavaria. it was here that king ludovico the 2nd, had his luxurious hail him came se palace built, no expense was spared. it's just one of several residences, lieutenant commissioned. at times he labored over plans for 3 palaces at once. mood, vague,

admired the absolute monarchs of france. katlyn came se palace was intended as a replica of versailles. except that it was neither a seed of power nor a hub of social life. king lou big was trying to create the illusion of a bygone world, which he chose to enjoy in solitude. google, after sunset with 35 servants, how to light all the contents in the palace. after that untruth they all had to vanish. beautiful ring for the king truly could be alone in close 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 billed to pollute vig and loot that alone. he was enthralled 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, there was also

a product of his time. he loved technological innovations, his night's castle feature, telephones, and running water boot vig never lived to see the completion of either noise bunstein or the headland came. se palace not far away is the only palace the bavarian king, sol finished linda half, lord vig. 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 with the scenery looks like a painting and the weather today couldn't be better. it may be peak season,

but i seem to have the place to myself after one last steep climb. i think i deserve another little break. and so it's nice to see the better. sh, dine 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 coven 19 pandemic began in this week's edition of our segment me to 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 with hello hello and welcome to dubrovnik. my name's dora pitcher. i'm from dubrovnik, but i lived in frankfort 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 lab. it's a mess yet. i not to let's begin moons what will start her on the

city walls? is there not any the pride of dubrovnik but of all croatia in it? not in 1979, the old city and these walls were added to the list of unesco wold heritage sites ah, or pull it from you know, even though it was the unesco world heritage site. in 1991, the city was attacked by serbian and montenegrin forces, you know, but the walls remain standing until today and my mom, ah, no my love as of a normally they would be thousands of people up here at this time of year when i got because of the corona crisis, they are noticeably few a tourist this year than last. when can we local? i don't think it's all that bad, though. now we have the place all to ourselves. ah, did i buy the best beer? dubrovnik is from our own mountain. sit up there, that's all you can walk up and go. you can take the cable car with us. i suggest we

take the cable cars today because it is so hot. i've been found by live there houses with it. isn't that amazing? you can see everything from up here, local island to the village of south, and the airport behind me we can see all of dubrovnik. it's a magnificent view. ah, oh yes. and so now we're back down in the old city, behind me as the main entrance to the old town, the pillow gay gates come on, come smith. ah, sylvia fentanyl now are under broadnix main street and its most famous street called straw doing one is on it starts at the big or north rios fountain with its 16 waterside. they spin bathrooms by on.

ah ah. as a father listen, says jordan is our main street and very important in our lives. since we do so many things on the street. when i, we shop here, drink coffee and spend time with our friends and families. me don't quite. we just love this st. laws are strong, our book that your mistress was that is a mat in last year. it was so crowded here. you could hardly move. you had to push people to the side just to get through. i'm with my boyish compton and to day as you can see, it practically empty. let fall fast, complet lettea ah buffalo to low straw through a different,

nick is competing that visiting the beautiful politically. my favorite is i st jacobi. yeah. from here i get the history of the broadnix ultimate. ah tough. i hope you enjoyed our tour. we look forward to seeing you here in dubrovnik with some new tell them i d o e v the most of the little nichol. mm no rest for the weary. it's time for the 2nd part of my track, but i won't be making the ascent to the king's house on shock and all by myself. stefan adon will accompany me. he's a mountain guide from mitten, but he says the mountains have a calming effect on him and that sometimes you just need to stop. look,

and listen. we got from how did you come to be a mountain guide? oh, stop. it actually started with my parents on it. we were always in the mountains on concrete. i've been then while doing my military service, my past seemed preordained hope. brooklyn i became a mountain leader for the armed forces him off. i just kept spending more time in the mountains, even in my free time. he come in, i'll put it out and things just turned out this way. won't his whole system? i will say i gave them yet. can you tell me as a city kid, what a mountain guide does like an aussie in but in see it has changed a bit of his been for in that in the past the people who came here usually had some experience. i'm sure they'd already done a fair amount of hiking, not on, or it's nowadays many people are just looking to have an experience and tend to be ill prepared and even void on id. so that poses the biggest challenge if it's him

to medicine. so few people come with any previous experience, you have to teach them. everything was starting without a walk. does come to me neglected no default. that's the way it is. what will esna india myself? i still see lisa vasquez. what should i look out for? if i want to hike around here, the 360 is any. the most important thing is to be in good condition and have a bit of energy in reserve. so you can enjoy attention oversold that ice named at ceiling. it's possible to rush around. i see a site and then dash off shops to this. the point isn't whether or not you reach your goal, but what you get out of it on the human. we're seeing this more and more. it's like most people go to hard, like they're always pushing themselves to the limit. and that's really a shame because then you don't take any, what's all around you and then pick you need a little something and reserve for that. are the possible for this effort. and taking the time to veer off the beaten path,

add to the pleasure of any height. 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 ups. in a skip pulled to vomit. unsatisfactory movies, would you say? ok, let's come quarantine for this to which traffic it puts a strain on the pot cd. it's really hard. the hiking trails up above lasted the large crowds put a burden on the local population and the communities and the infrastructure. the valley in the summer director of the streams of visitors and providing useful information was crucial. hallmarks that investigate the stampede of visitors to outdoor destinations has noticeably increased in these days of the corona virus pandemic. if visitor counts in the algo alpha, anything to go by, as long as people stick to the model trails and leave nature in peace, louis and heiner is fine with its hold on the v. people like to be in natural

surroundings. lake van 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 rangers only go out in pairs. i communing with nature means different things to different people is better as me, eric, managing the crowds is getting harder. i one of my colleagues that we are more like people minders than conservation officers, is that while you hear it, they threatened to call the lawyer who got them or if they make other threats or call you names sort of be from and all you want to do was clarify things was, was acc, liam protected plant species, growing the nature reserves and conservation areas around the lake. for example, the marsh caliber in in restricted areas. people often build fires which is not permitted or lisha with

cigarette baths. the hot in the summer, the more people head into the water as many as a 1000 per day at the book, an egg waterfalls in the arc oil, often they get close to sensitive areas and so little consideration for the environment with its rare plant species. the more popular a spot like this becomes the greater the threat to its nature like owns not purely, no worries, as, as this trend toward sharing individual experiences with large, already lives. i think on social media platforms like it's the permitting, it was a sally meeting, but it's the great information about an incredible son, ryan, over the mountain he got, the more people come on, the spots even,

and typically off took time job on dot. so dot, he said, hump day, done, feedstock have you not, slums, of anti truly gives me cause for concern the thought. psyche, sog it may be one way to help is to avoid those popular spots altogether. ah ah, we're getting close to the top on the side of the trail, 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 1800 meters. ah, that's of that was worth it. not bad, not at all. and there it is. i can see my goal. the king's house on shahan at the foot of the better stone mountain. mm. the

pina back, man tourism and climate change are said to be threatening. the alpine flora and fauna on is that something you see yourself do you spend a lot of time in the mountains and he was a feelin embankment a big ah, tourists move, in the case of tourism? yes, some good. so there are popular spots like the touched bit to summit, that a really overrun by masses of tourists. but as you experienced yourself today, we hardly saw anybody on our way up and is feeling false. can you like to go from this get? there are really quiet areas here, for instance, in the call vendor range over there. it's oh, good. even in peak season and we're at the absolute peak of the season right now. you can be all on your own. st. comes on. the key milan does for climate change, we haven't felt very much yet for lifestyle. maybe it's objective because you don't notice gradual changes as much as the in the woman nit so dark vaughn, him over. but we've always had a few tough winners and some very mild ones having that. we've had dry winters and

we've had lots of precipitation. we've, we've had flooding the front and then we've had very dry years. it's always changing. but there are things distant for me. i noticed that for instance, with the o zone almost soon as you become more sensitive, but maybe that age ah, of in the, of the info. yeah. in any case i do notice something that's true. i was with you think of what i don't feel it's causing a great deal of change for us on infinities of info. he thought us thought the like the wonderful i spoke last easy. one thing that's very different this year is the corona virus. a lot of people are spending their holidays closer to home. many germans are staying in germany. what if you notice here in the region on the us, dinah, i found out these is ya here in delhi gillan given our films is, is it's been somewhat stressful for us because we can't make long term plans and have to react fast to the changes. ah, dykus,

this synth but the guests are noticeably more relaxed than in recent years. i did the stuff relaxed in the sense that most readily accepted when you say that they can't do something or other quotes yet. there's not so much i wanted, and i want it now, which has been something of a trend the past few years ago, and that can get really unpleasant. we're not seeing any of that. people seem happy with whatevers possible in school. i hope it will stay that way for a while. plan a little paradise right outside your door. thanks for showing it to me. yeah, my pleasure. i can handle the last stretch on my own. the king's house is now in plain sight. of course, king ludovic didn't walk up here himself. he had servants to carry him in a litter. ah, this summer the king's alpine hide out is closed and 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 allude bait, the seconds other residences, the king's house on shakin seems almost modest. it was built in $1872.00 and the style of a swiss chalet loo, 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 mm. the upper story. however, fully reflects its creator. here movie the 2nd, had a sumptuous hall, built in oriental style, crammed full of gilded carving, lit, through stained glass windows and decorated with fine rugs, magnificent chandeliers,

and peacock feathers. mm. the turkish room with its fountain in the centre provided a spectacular backdrop for the king's birthday celebrations. isolated high in the bavarian alps, he recreate at the magical world of the arabian nights. ah, ah! well the king's house remains closed during the pandemic, the former servants quarters, now a mountain in have reopened to the public. mm. back and look face time. this building served as a store house. it's also where the king's meals were prepared for over 15 years. now it's been run by the lightened bower family. really didn't wanna enlighten b. do many people come here to learn more about the life of king lewd vase or our most just hiker is ready for

a break. the he had asked mom one. this is her dish will it's too bad. the house is closed at the moment ago, but the, the hikers are usually keen to see the place least there's. yeah. and they know there's something special to see in the upper floor. so many want to go in as turbos before. that is him. yes. mistook stop it and some days, 250 or 300 people walk through the house. was you pissed to 200. 40 crisp around a pest wanting to fish was i'm constantly there to guide from the linda of palace or who give hourly tours for up to 30 people the, you know, the thought of hope strictly maxine, but they tell visitors all about ludovic and his connection to this place with him in a home on the clear to you and boss with him. can you complete his title to come out for your lunch at what relevance does that all have for you? for c, as get diagnosed in thinking crime in this area, there's really no other place comparable to it. she says to the quantity of swiss pine is unique in bavaria, for instance. and the panorama is simply fantastical, current deals as it skips,

there's nothing else like it does is to shock. that's the beauty of it. i am so glad no trains come up here from daddy's when otherwise it would no longer be the way it is. now 60 the antics to you to use this is the only lodge that has been preserved in its original condition and has not been replaced with a new one, like the other lodges or been repainted as it's to do. we use them basically really pick who can do. we're very proud that everything here. so old american, so settled status has been so i'll talk to you soon. as you probably know, there's usually a spot reserved on the show for your travel experiences. this week we'll show you a video shot by iraq, krishna. p. lie from india. before the pandemic, he visited the attire, nature park, and corolla home to the world's biggest bird statue ah,

moon . oh, oh ha. ah, mark marie, i just before reaching my final destination, i have a close encounter with a stubborn local it. this won't work yet,

i didn't expect that. did you? he quite nicole. one cow, no. ah, i know many in the house. ah, this lookout point is where my journey and king louis bake had the belvedere built not far from his house. from here, the view of the rhine valley is simply breathtaking. ah! if you haven't got anybody to carry you up the mountain height like this is pretty intense, but hey, 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 worth it. mm. ah. ah, with with short heritage fresh. i asked twins

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