placing us up to 1000 liters of low. so in the day forest fires evaporating, marsh amounts of moist to tune in to get the onset and learn more about the heavy and visible over the flows through the sky. start september 20th on dw, the, the consequences of climate change. beautiful tourist destinations such as germany's our valley are being destroyed. for tooth region cannot function without tourism. one covers what climate change also offers new opportunities for tours off the beaten track. i think there's gonna be more because of the

the new airport is coming. climate change is also impacting tourism. on the island of my york, the dream destination of many germans. in some districts, the water taps were turned off. i know there were water shortages for domestic use, tourism in times of climate change. we looked at 3 destinations and 3 approaches. the, the honor valley has become a symbol of climate change in germany and shows how a natural catastrophe can damage local tourism the before the flags. this region attracted half a 1000000 visitors per year. but those times are over. the people in the, our valley are wondering how a new form of tourism could look in times of climate change.

the christian and clarissa lynn, who live in but know, you know, are thinking about this to their hotel, the art new vote. villa aurora, built in 19 o 5 was almost completely destroyed by the flight. the models in there for the name of your where the 4th generation to run this hotel. original building has grown a bit of the use and has survived to world war seen. it has a history of the time dots on august, the christian link as great grand parents open the hotel at the beginning of the 20th century. the flood destroyed the sweets, the kitchen, and the wellness area. platform. first of all, it is still unbelievable. we were here on the night of the flood and we cleared out all the mud, all the furniture of them that we cleared out. everything we had. we felt like we were watching a bad film hope to go from, but this is real please. we're living on

a building site. i'm up with. this is our life. but what happened that night is still just unbelievable is as to as clapped of the cartridge isn't full of the some. we're happy that out. you didn't go through the night and that nothing bad happened. now the witness faced the enormous challenge of rebuilding the hotel . they want to retain its art nouveau, charm and to make it sustainable. with new installation on the outside and district heating instead of oil and gas heating to wherever possible the renovation is, climate friendly. the guns for more than the vaults in future guests will expect it, is that i'm a to and now how do you so no, they won't say oh, it's great that you is sustainable. them say, i expect sustainability in terms of c o 2 neutrality and everything else from the i have. so in 5 or 10 years time, they wouldn't be a huge cost to be sustainable. it will be normal to an incentive to problem if you

don't have it done. i suppose the listeners are striving to reopen at least part of the hotel. the 1st guest should be able to eat breakfast here in just a few weeks. we'll see later if it works out in greenland, the catastrophe hasn't arrived overnight, but it's taking place gradually. via turtle. ice is storing, making way for places previously, only discovered by a few people. will climate change provide an opportunity for tourism here and a new income stream for the green lenders? we do a boat trip from the coast of nuke, the capital of greenland. only 19000 people live here. 26 year old. my new skiff to has been working as a tourist guide for a year in this remote place. i'm going to say about our

a nukes the, our system is the 2nd for life largest in their home. or you can see deposition, which means the south soundman premier to all the way to the big scene. or we have a maritime, a curse where we learned about to move into this stuff. so we can say a vote sometime then now i am like captain. so i really like it. the really enjoys speeding across the water visitors come to greenland in search of the venture and the wild beauty of unspoiled nature.

the simona in guna funding, lead and from denmark have made a point is coming here in the winter. the nature is the one that is stronger than you as a, as a human being. so in to, to be here. experience is also to feel a little bit smaller. yeah, of course, that's a say a part of the reason actually for, for going here to the ice campus is melting and it's exhilarating. it said that the temperature is rising 3 times in the home. so it's for the next 50 years. the ice cap will be building here really fast and so it's an opportunity to see now for many people, greenland has become the symbol of climate change. the just 57000 people live in

greenland, which has in areas 6 times larger than germany. traveling is arduous here. the rising temperatures make it easier for cruise ships, for instance, around a $137000.00 tourists come to greenland every year and the numbers are rising. 3 new airports are currently being built. politically, greenland belongs to denmark. the economy depends on payments from copenhagen. the increasing tourism is a welcome source of income nuke water taxi. the firm that tour guide model works for is based in new. the team is currently expanding its offering a winter activities system the to decide that you have something with c. finality is really, really big agreements. we get a lot of tourists in the few short summer months and then during the shoulder

season, as we call them, not as many, which means for us as a company, we can't hold onto all our employees, they have to go and find something else to do in the winter time yeah, last year long tourism would be an important factor for the labor market. and for greenland, the economy fishing is still a main industry. but with the warming climate you see some fish disappearing and the number of fish is always fluctuating. like we've had even some decades where a specialist is completely gone. and if that happens again, i think it's important to us that he cannot make pillars for the whole nations gdp but is green and ready for more tourists. we've seen what can happen when too many visitors come to one island. this is my archive. the germans favorite

holiday destination. visitor numbers are back to pre pandemic levels. nobody wants to hear about the islands environmental problem. water shortages have been triggered by climate change and tourism the margarita and these is the spokesperson for the largest environmental organization in my orca . she says that torres and is using up the islands water. not really that this kid on duty side consume. it must. i was doing the student that put it under my use of the fact is the tours consume more water than the normal and have a ton of 50 peak. i was going to more than one to see the real times as much according to a study by the university of palmer when the name was simple as police because couldn't get the saved. so if you have $16000000.00 torres coming to an island to $1000000.00 inhabitants in the summer, i'm going to come in and be as confident you can imagine what that means for the

demand on bladder i was waiting for the pump. is what i'm looking for since they were they made these my or can people are protesting. and margarita is one of the organizers they are demonstrating for more environmental protection and less mass tourism. many tourists have no idea that they're partly responsible for the water shortage on the island. increasing drought triggered by climate change is exacerbating the problem. when i look at women, that's been one of the main arguments, is that we are totally dependent on one single economic sector. and not the initial reason that the island has no alternatives. this system have to maintain our prosperity by your code most to attract more and more vacation those fund anything but it's not good for the well being of our societies or environment even though it's simply not sustainable in the course of funding source, the new list more and more tourists mean less and less water,

people are starting to look for solutions and my archive. meanwhile, construction and renovation are continuing in the, our valley. but the return to tourism is still a long way off. the, at least the are from an odd is being resurfaced. there's still a lot to do like villa aurora before the partial reopening. listeners are faced with new requirements all the time. now they need a new fire protection concept. the sustainable tourism for the entire region is a great wish for custom lintner, who is the chairman of auto tourism. the association wants to provide the region as a tourist destination. hotel and restaurant owners and wine makers, mull over ideas for climate friendly travel. any our valley does this be

a virus and is expected to focus on sustainability to create offers for all age groups. i just want to focus on aspects of tourism that are already sustainable in sort of cycling or hiking and the issue of mobility movie to, to refer to this in the hospital for me. what's missing is the infrastructure. we can talk more about sustainable mobility, a mobility per minute, but what we really need is charging stations for electric cars, crushed whole to an odd um hi, fitness, every stick and bottom line. i didn't bought noise in uh before the flood. there was only one charging option. i'm just one at bmw. i know i'm cigarette and they were kind enough to say, centered people to us if you lot to to. i mean that just isn't good enough. the are valley will be a showcase for the tourist model of the future and exemplary sustainable climate friendly holiday destination. the concept is planned for completion in 2025.

it's a great idea. but how does it work in practice? in their climate conscious reconstruction of their hotel fill in their family has numerous hurdles to overcome the list. the daughters, mia, i'll see a lot more needs to be done in school, but there is too much red tape here in the portable, the political and administrative processes a simply to slow click learn from one possible remote nevada's really sad. and to me is that they can't be a bit more generous and dealing with a catastrophe like this and say, hey, you guys need to get back on your feet. so feel free to call so will speed up the processes and make decisions and just get on with them on the red tape is causing the review of their fire protection concept to drag onto the authorities are understaffed, so it'll take at least 6 weeks longer than announced it's

a set back and the hope for partial opening of the hotel has been postponed. back to greenland to a small town called hold talk. it's in the south of the country. the town is virtually undiscovered, accessible only by helicopter. so far, there's no airport, but that's about to change the runway should be ready in 2025, then the 1st tourist will arrive, the locals hope it will be a lucrative business. up to now, the mining of raw materials and fishing have provided the biggest sources of income . but both industries cause massive damage to the environment that can tourism via climate friendly alternative. is it the lesser evil? for now, no one can say whether the increase in visitors will be a curse or

a blessing for greenland. the campus is the only university in south greenland. this is where students are being trained to build up. the local tourist industry, future tour guides, hotel yeas and tourism managers. until now, many young green lenders had to leave the country to pursue higher education, and a large proportion remained in local businesses with no vocational training. much hope is invested in the young to want more greenland itself determination and to break free from the world's hunger for raw materials. students come from the whole country to have we talk re oldenburg heads, the tourism studies department. demand from graduates for her course is greater than ever and we expect that we will have

even more toners when the new way of thoughts, the full efforts will be finished. and we are shown from our sources that we will have to have at least 400 greenland to person know, ready when they have thoughts of finished. and we're not nearly there, but the interest from the students is, is going. i think it's the day of the exam re oldenburg and her colleague, i go christensen are putting their students' knowledge to the test with a guided city tour. the 1st candidate is people look anderson for friends call her people to has just been in my heart. and, and i love it so much, and that's so much of glue and that i want to show and being a guide gives me the opportunity to show are the people from around the world. what i love about school and,

and where i'm from. hello, welcome, my name is viva. turn it to you. and so carol is subbing at the time with scholastic as a tech to our guys people has 20 minutes for her tour. her knowledge of culture, geography and history, are all put to the test. as well as her skill as a tour guide. welcome to the best bargain. the theme of the tour is hunting in greenland. this is the skin of a right to you can see it's really hard to see, but they use any have small rings on the pad and yeah, the, that's where the used to be head. they cut the on,

saw nothing goes to a and we still keep that has chosen her own topic. like all of the examination candidates. there's a tradition of hunting in her family and she knows the topic well. the hunting season, this phone 1st of august 2, and that's a term but her time is accurate and we'll take it to us to see and then we'll evaluate it was the very quick and the time through by very fast. and i had a lot more that i would have to enough to say, especially about the to hunting tools, which is very important. and since so big i was really excited to talk about

in a few hours. people will find out whether she's passed or exam back to an island with a long history of tourism in my orca. norbert and close. john, i'm to are from germany. run a think i in cub. yeah. in the west of the island, this season, the heat and drought have been troubling them for months. the the m towards well has run dry. again. the only solution is to buy more water it's the 6th time this year that know about i'm to was how to order the tank or the i'm it's $92.00 in the may to in the we have 90 centimeters of water in the system which is just about the limit chain from now we have to add 10 or 15 centimeters with the 12000 ladies in the truck. when do we need that pretty

urgently. so 1st thing and it costs $70.00 euro surprisingly little for such a precious commodity. the have to sign for the invoice, then you can transfer the money or if you're satisfied so much goodbye heavy. that does not yes. the m tours trying to save water, but there are limits if the hotel is to remain attractive for guests. the same principle applies to both small and large hotels. they are the biggest wasters of water on the island. luxury hotels have several pools with sun bathing areas and wellness facilities. the more stars the hotel has, the more water it can or the operators are aware of the problem, but they don't want to force their guest to save water equipment. so you have a model, they always point out that you have the great option here of being provided with clean towels for the pool or the beach. then it's your responsibility to say,

do i change it every day? or can i use it for a few days outside? the hotel operators thinks that their guest should be able to completely switch off for a care free vacation. even from issues such as water consumption and climate protection . put the name of the company. we don't want the customer to feel uncomfortable, you know, think they all doing something wrong. that's why we have to try and solve this problem. so sound, so sound or at least reduce it or whatever is a problem or they may need me to satisfy. so fam, no, no, my teen tankers with solutions behind the scenes, he aims to make the water consumption sustainable in his hotel using a circulation system. the big because we have referencing

the water used by guests in the showers or things is recycle here for flushing toilets or watering the green areas. using the latest technology, it's done in an environmentally friendly way. according to the operators, it saves the hotel around 30 tons of water per day, or okay, face the sea and put it in that we're doing everything we can to use last one test, maybe in the last week as a constant, we get point to that is only slightly polluted a 2nd life, if you were to be less out west ah, grades whose goal is to eventually draw no water. a tool from a sign you know the waste through, but to have a close, cycled within the hotel we need there's still a long way to go until the end, but we're working on it. as long as the liquid hospital almost at all, i'm going to say since the government of my york recently passed a new law that all hotels should pursue

a close circulation strategy for water as well as for energy waste and food. environmental is like more guy eaten a nice or skeptical about tourism can never be a circular sector. it consume is far too much energy and resources that cannot be offset anywhere. ellis, an island like my york in particular, cannot cope with it. in the long term, it's a hotel, jesus less water and was cycles, it's waste, it's a good thing. so it's necessary, but it's not enough in a sniff, it's ideal. but most of the see, and this is tourism in times of climate change in my york people are being forced to take measures. hardly anyone had thought about until recently. in greenland tourism is still in its infancy enough local tour guides need to be trained 1st step of the student of tourism is waiting for the evaluation for city

tour. she's also been tested on her time allocation. some to our groups have little time for a city tour, especially those from cruise ships examiners re oldenburg and i go christianson. say that people could have tightened her program a bit more. we believe there was still room for improvement, which is why we decided to give you 10 out of 12 points. so you still have an incentive for the next exam. the 1st of a total of 10 exams has been completed. tupa and her fellow students are optimistic about greenland tourism future, yet many of them are still uncertain about what to expect and how to cope with that . i'm just saying that the numbers of choice will go up when they're done making the 2 airports wouldn't come as

a surprise. it is something that we have been wanting for a long time and it's finally happening. and i am really excited about that. but in new can elusive and really great. so is this donations? there are just not enough hotels at the moment. they don't have the capacity tourism can be an opportunity for greenland if it's sustainable and climate friendly to the and her fellow students represent a new generation and the ground experiment back in the our valley. it's a special day. the ira son is the most famous sports event in the region. after a 3 year break, the marathon has attracted thousands of guests to the valley. again. the route leads right through the vineyards and just in time for the running event,

the villain, aurora is also celebrating its reopening still in their family. are right at the start runners from all over germany. come to but no, you know, are by now and need a place to stay. ready there are regular guests among the group of 9 runners from bucking shide, who are the 1st to visit after the flood for any use of this latin. but to be honest, i was really shocked. i didn't imagine that the damage would still be so visible the because it was 2 years ago. come yeah, i know i arrived here with my friend and told her driver on the back of the building. there is a parking lot and the garden at the back, but then we saw that everything is still a wasteland to the hotel is halfway restored. but i was kind of shocked. i have to say was the sound. sabina voice has stayed at the village. aurora many times but i know she, we are changing a lot to an inquiry changing, a loading. the basic structure of the restaurant will stay where it is. but yes,

now the buffet area is getting a little bigger on the lobby. it's all going to be one room since it is a lot going on of a he wasn't this the breakfast room or the reception here in front was the boss. huh? yes. the bar you went through here. it was the swimming pool. lots. i can tell the art nouveau villa is still barely recognizable the but for christian mentor, there is history in every room his own. and that of his ancestors, the size just kind of came tied to some of the hotel is my childhood. so think it's my life if i'm be own, this is the life's work as my family here. and what we're doing here is forward looking to close my eyes and on which is why we are putting so much passion into us, talk to them on. that's why it means an awful lot to me. not that way. reopening

now. yeah, so talk to me on monday, steve, over here we go. and rich to him starts and now the climate friendly tourism is the start of a long distance race for the listener. family and for the our valley concepts, which basically we con, think in terms of one or 2 years. and we should be thinking about the next generation which is already to you might want to continue the business that pulls it to a very positive about that. it goes an enormous amount of money being invested in sustainability in one year will energies and so on. so we'll be taking assurance step forward in the next 5 to 10 years of the same young song and dance. provide english with my phone and my the, the

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