Рет қаралды 42,983
They Paved Paradise (2012): Is rampant tourism destroying Bali? Or is it bringing much needed wealth to the region?
For similar stories, see:
China's Pollution Busters - China
• China's Pollution Busters
Bali Goes Bust
• Video
How China's Pollution Became A National Emergency
• How China's Pollution ...
Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads:
kzfaq.info_c...
For downloads and more information visit:
www.journeyman.tv/film/5521/t...
Like us on Facebook:
/ journeymanpictures
Follow us on Twitter:
/ journeymanvod
/ journeymannews
Follow us on Instagram:
/ journeymanpictures
Over the last 40 years Bali has gone from being a spiritual, low-key holiday destination to an international tourist hot spot. Now it's stretched to breaking point, with a waste problem that's out of control.
Since the late 1970's the number of tourists visiting Bali each year has exploded to well over two and a half million. Combined with the local population, Bali generates thousands of tons of rubbish each day that floats down the rivers and out to the sea, piling up on the world famous Kuta Beach. There's a growing resistance - particularly among young Bali locals - to this rampant development on the island and tourism at any cost. Yet farmers are still selling their land to developers, fuelling a real estate boom that's driving prices through the roof. "Tourists are not destroying Bali, the greedy investors are destroying Bali", says Bali's governor, Made Pastika. For locals, like surf legend Mega, Bali stands to lose more that just its beautiful natural environment. "If every place is like Kuta with high-rise buildings everywhere then Bali is not like Bali anymore. If that happens it's like our souls are lost."
ABC Australia - Ref. 5521
Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.