Palau is an island paradise standing up to the world
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ค. 2019
- The tiny island of Palau is a remote, beautiful paradise and the rest of the world knows it. But existing in a connected world can put extreme stress on small countries. The nation of just 20,000 people has seen an influx of tourists recently, but that hasn’t necessarily been a good thing.
But visitors arriving by the tens of thousands from such behemoths as Japan, South Korea, and China, put considerable stress on Palau’s environment and economy.
Quartz News travels far into the Pacific to find out how the island nation of Palau is standing up for itself against the world’s superpowers.
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Being born in Palau and now living in Missouri, it's time to go back.
Why?
SFZ why not?
Why leave paradise in first place for America ?
cuz missouri sucks?
@@natalie9379 I live in opawi misssouri and you?
You can maybe restrict the numbers of tourists visiting. By increasing visa fees and limiting it. Maybe it would create your own hype for tourism too. To sustain demand long term. Amazing little country.
Smart.
Miyuru Weerarathna we don't have visa fees but we do have an environmental fee in which tourist are required to pay a $100 fee upon arrival or paid inclusive of your flight ticket purchases.
just like Bhutan, quality not quantity
@Jedi solo I agree
Increasing the fees isn't without problems either. The wealthy aren't always the most desirable. Chinese are wealthy, but they also trash a lot and are not interested in the local culture.
Man, Palau is stupidly beautiful.
So is the Mojave Desert, or hiking/camping on the PCT and Appalachian Trail for a get away.
I knw cause im frm Palau 😁 danx
@@sergiobenito6545 eyyy fellow palauan
Heheheh
@@rickdees251 Completely different enviornment and scenery. Not everyone loves hiking and that awfull trail mix y'all chug along. Some like the island vibes and good times chillin at a shak on the beach, taking it easy, island style 🌸🌴☀️🌊🤙
Chris Wachtler im telling u bro ! 1 of the most beautiful small island in this world . Its unexplainable my friend. Come and visit our island with the most wonderful and humle people.
This is what we are my friend !
🇵🇼.P A L A U. 🇵🇼
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I'm a Filipino who lives and work in Palau, this country is very beautiful! I am a witness of what most of Chinese people do here, they come here and invade, they don't respect locals, they are very loud when in restaurants, doesn't care when or where to cross roads, they always rush people (cashiers), they litter everywhere. What we need to do, is brief this people before they come here, they have to respect this country, their environment, be it here in Palau or other country that they visit.
Hello filipino in palau. I'm palauan. Thanks for what you say about our country
Like honestly our island is not a store, it is a home and it better be treated like one
Like honestly our island is not a store, it is a home and it better be treated like one
actually if you want to start grouping people we can also do it with philipiono. Philipono are always loud and are always together just speaking in their own language constantly. Very rude and loud. Dont care about social and respect people's culture and i can go on and on
@@mikela758 palau is from Philippines before just research it so Chinese should learn some manners before doing bla bla bla ....
Fight for yourself, Palau!! Don’t let investors over build and tourists ruin it!! Be careful and you are in charge. You can set limits. Good luck!!
A while ago I learned that there is a really nice place in Cambodia called Sihaknouville. It's cheap and beautiful beach paradise and they have pizzerias that sell "happy" pizzas. Pizzas baked with weed. But then I learned that during last year the Chinese investors completely ruined it. Now it's just an extension of China. Gambling, sky-scrapers and high prices. No more happy pizza either. What a bummer.
@@randomnumbers84269 Thats basically the story of almost every tourist hot spot. I am living in one, was born there, the rents and the price of the houses is almost the same as in cities with millions of inhabitants, sometimes it is the same. But thats just the way it is, hard to change that way. Look at Venice, ask how many local venician people are living there, not much anymore... Maybe Palau has more luck, good luck Palau! I think the idea with setting limits to the number of tourists who come is good, also the part with weed planting, thats a great idea!
@no. Plenty of nice places still left, thankfully :). Cheers for the tip mate.
It's not working out. Officials are not running the government,money is. So if you are a rich and wanna open a hotel in Palau. It's easy. Government gives our lands away to the highest bidder,and to the land owner it's either they take the money too or straight up just get their land taken from them with nothing in return
@@game_dude098 The same is happening in Puerto Rico .
Sad to know Palau is suffering the same.
Now all the instragrammers wanna go there
ipiesings sadly
Yep yep
ohh god no
Yeah, this video is a Dual-Edged Sword.
The harsh truth
Yeah love Palau bro~
Greeting from Japan 🇯🇵 🤝 🇵🇼
I miss 🇵🇼 Palau! And I really miss my family there! So beautiful and the environment and culture so rich. Proud to be a Palauan ❤️
Its the économy good there!?
I want to visit Palau can I get contact from you
The environment is the economy and the economy is the environment. Powerful words
FACTS !
Lol. We just say that but we palauans suck ass. Lol
A tough battle to fight the Greed , crowded,authoritarian,selfish capitalism and industrial civilization.
I stand with the sustainable, caring ,small scale community than big industrial slavery factory.
Palauans are our brothers. It's the most special oceanian country for us. Love from the Philippines ❤️❤️❤️
Most tourists are disrespectful, but if they are Chinese then you can say that out loud
Wrong... Chinese tourists are by far among the worst. They don't follow lines, they step all over coral in the oceans, they don't care about nothing. At least many of them don't. Some do.
@@bradebronson8835 That's exactly what Jitu Teron said. You can say out loud that the Chinese are disrespectful.
@@wavemaker2077 The wrong part is where he said that most tourists are disrespectful... wrong.
@@bradebronson8835 ah ok. i got your point.
Chinese here.
Agree that u need better adapting regulations if you want to welcome Chinese tourists.
We did setup a social credit system to limit disrespectful Chinese citizens from leaving China.
In the end, it is still up to your country to set these rules.
I love this video. Thanks for being a part in our voice to save the earth. I was born and raised here and I plan to help keep palau the way it is, so that my kids, and my kid's kids can enjoy the same things I get to enjoy right now
Thank you all for the respect of my home🤙 much love🇵🇼
Stop thinking about how palau should be for tourism , think about how it should be for palauans .
They clearly stated that tourism is a big benefit to their economy
💯👌
@@hwwh8145 But they want the tourism to be respectful and not destroy the lovely environment in Palau :)
Belau 1987 Tourism is the major source of income for their economy. Tourism affects the life of Palauans.
I’m a Palauan it kinda is bothering about tourists. But I still enjoy it
I'm a student in a Filipino private school, and I could say that a lot of us know about Palau. It is a country near ours and our embassies are usually responsible for them too. Our people also look alike, so they could easily fit in to our country.
Yes I'm Filipino too and palau is truly beautiful place and the people that I can relate to.
Please respect this nation when you visit. Thanks, from a Palauan.
Their president is chilling, casual Friday every day. That the greatest thing I've ever seen.
Mike Sweet he’s a very humble person, which is why he’s been President for 4 terms=16 years.
It’s Pacific life style
Palauans , your country is amazing , I'm planning to visit it with my boyfriend in the future , I'm from Morocco
Love this beautiful nature , save it from pollution and bad people .
Lmao. Don't listen to the other comment. Sure please come. You and your boyfriend will enjoy the beaches here
Hey! I’m a Palauan! I just came back from visiting there! Tourists are a little bit bothering but the place is still beautiful! I’m glad to be Palauan!
I love this video my family is from Palau but I was born and raised in the US so hearing about people are being more aware of my country is great and awesome THANKS❤️
Craig Marti
A tough battle to fight the Greed , crowded,authoritarian,selfish capitalism and industrial civilization.
I stand with the sustainable, caring ,small scale community than big industrial slavery factory.
The people there talk so peacefully
Well done Palau. Exactly what the tiny mountain kingdom of Bhutan is doing- restricting visitors to preserve its environment. Must be extremely careful of China. Greetings from India.
Congratulations for your national holiday on 1st October Palau from your friends in Germany
damn that last thing the village chief said was deep
"environment is the economy and the economy is the environment" 4:52
I'm pretty sure Indonesia just added a $10 charge for tourists coming into the country. Palau should do something similar, maybe $100 though.
Devon Rusinek we do have an environmental fee in which tourist are required to pay a $100 fee upon arrival or paid inclusive of your flight ticket purchases.
@@berengesucherkemur9880 Yeah, I guess that could be sufficient. If Palau builds up that infrastructure quickly to support more visitors, it seems that it could have a real cash cow in the tourism industry.
@@berengesucherkemur9880 Because you are just 20.000 you could do great things for the future of your country. The thing that this guy started by making his village into a tourist attraction is very smart. You need to make them respect you and your culture! It's not an amusement park. The tourists should know at least a bit of the Palauan culture, eat some local food, participate in different activities etc. also add some very strict rules regarding the damage done by tourists on the environment. Like pretty big fines, but I think you are already building this kind of infrastructure and you seem to have a great leader who cares about the environment.
A part of me wishes this video was never made because while this raises concern and conservation for Palau, it also makes Palau more aware to the general public and thus more tourists
an amazingly beautiful country with awesome culture, a place I need to visit.
Good video. I visited Guam in 92 on the invitation of Pacific Island Club, which gave me the trip for free--they wanted me to manage the desk and bell staff, but rental costs in the end were prohibitive, though I had no problem recommending their resort since.
Most memorable was when I went snorkeling in Guam's lagoon, the surf breaking in the distance on the coral reef. So I knew my limits, I swam against the incoming tide. I was surrounded by dozens of small yellow "kissing fish" I called them, because they gently kissed my exposed skin.
It was incredibly memorable, and gave me a strong sense of ocean environment. Though I have swam off of Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, fish were not as plentiful there. My wife, daughter and I later took an hour long sub ride off of Honolulu, descending to 100 feet--we saw fish swimming in ships sunk to act as coral habitats, though most were not as colorful as what I experienced in Guam.
I enjoyed this video very much. Tourism is key to places like Palau, but tourists must respect the environment if they wish repeat visits, not only for the eco systems, but for the respect of the local inhabitants.
Small countries like Palau have to make sacrifices for investment from bigger countries, whether they be China, the US, Japan, India, Russia, or the EU.
I was told by my hosts at Pacific Island Club in Guam that the Japanese were the biggest group of tourists, in fact my flight to Guam on then Northwest Airlines out of SFO was via Tokyo's Narita airport and I had returning home a brief stayover in a hotel some miles from Narita. I found the Japanese then wonderful tourists and kind to both us Americans and the environment, as I have found most tourists from China, and other Asian countries.
I hope to visit mainland China one day--especially the area around Guilin with its beautiful mountain formations, perhaps Vietnam as well--both are on my bucket list. I have traveled mostly thru western Europe, Venezuela, Canada and Mexico, where I met my then fiance in 94--international tourism was my career and in that capacity, I traveled for my employers teaching, and also vacationed in some of the places I had previously taught at, even moving to Phoenix where I had previously taught at.
I have worked in more Canadian provinces, as a hospitality systems professor, than most Canadians, lol, and of all English speaking countries after the US and Britain, (I have not been to the land down under, but it is also on my bucket list) I prefer Canada and the warm hospitality of its people the most.
Tourism is the cheapest form of wealth--even Europe can be had for less than $60 a day in nice hotels if you stay on a rail line twenty minutes outside of a major city. With it, we can teach and learn to be as "when in Rome" to the delight of our foreign hosts.
If you go to my home, please do not pollute.
Protect your home. 🙏🏼
Daichi Kishigawa / - or you will be dealt with directly and swiftly!
I miss Palau, I was a Peace Corps volunteer back in the 1980s I am sure it has changed a lot!
this a beautiful place ive seen in my whole life ,,working there way back 2005 for 8 months still remember the beauty of this island ,,i hope i can go back there again someday for vacation hopefully .....
U cannot separate the environment from the economy what every country needs to understand
Born and raise!!! I miss my island!!!
Incredibly brilliant people living there. I already want to permanently move there
Taratu De La Terasa thanks !
@@game_dude098 funny joke
I want to visit too and get to know about their culture now. The people seem so humble
Reporter: How badly do you want to go to Palau in your life?
Me: YES!
ME !!
me
Reporter: On a scale from 1 to 10 , how much do you wanna move out of Palau and have a better life in the states ?
Me: absolutely
Having brought up in huge, crammed cities, an island like this is where I want to make my life in. Waking up next to the ocean, walking my dogs at the beach, having the possibility to chill and take matters more lightly. I don't know why people wait until they are 60 years old to retire to a far away island, only to realize they don't have nothing in common with the people living there nor do they know how to slow down. If I ever get the possibility to the settle down in a place like this, I would be incredibly happy.
Palau is truly a beautiful place on Earth.
As someone who has been staying in Palau for almost two years now, I observed some businesses have actually died and are dying due to the decline of tourism. Most firms here rely on tourists as they are willing to pay the amount just to experience the place. Tourist rates are already so damn expensive but people still come and visit (less on cultural immersion as what Mr. Tmetuchl has said in the video). And based on the video, 50% of GDP is from tourism, which actually sustains a lot of businesses including locally owned ones. Moreso, there are no agricultural industries here aside from the fish farm and simple veggies. Most food items are imported via sea cargos. Imagine the decline of tourists which is equally the decline of demand and businesses go down, there are no other sources of income for the locals, then most likely the economy will just rely on the sustaining amount they will receive from allied countries such as Taiwan. Imagine so many businesses go down and people losing jobs. Maybe we should start learning about sustainable tourism.
Thanks for coming to my Island. LOVING IT!!
We just got back from Palau! Absolutely spectacular. We got some spectacular footage and more importantly created amazing memories!
*WITH LOVE FROM FIJI*
wow this was amazing, i loved it!
Ived work in palau and i find this places so beutiful and my employer were so kind shalum
The place is beautiful and peaceful may they do well , great vid, Peace
Taiwan appreciates Palau's wisdom and friendship 🇹🇼🇵🇼
Big greetings to neighbor Bananistan 🇵🇼🇵🇼 from Morocco🇲🇦🇲🇦
Thank you for honoring and respecting my island:) Although you kind of miss pronounced the names but its ok
Palau and the Philippines share a lot of ties, and the Philippines always supports Palau.
There was even a time in my life that I thought Palau was part of the Philippines.
Palau was once part of the Philippines during Spanish period.
It was included as part of The Philippines before. The intention was actually to retain it as part of the republic.
@@jasonisrael9442 no it was NOT. Palau was under SPANISH rule. Right after that we were sold to Germany. So many foreigners keep telling people something that is NOT true. Wether any of those were true or not, it was without the consent of the actual PALAUANS.
What a beautiful country
So so interesting! I love this idea! Thank you for visiting Palau!
Belau My Island 🎶💕
A very well narrated introduction of a nation to the world. I hope I could plan to travel to Palau!
I am from mainland China and I hope people can judge others on an individual basis instead. I am always very careful when I am visiting another country and respecting their culture, environment etc. It makes me sad to see so many toxic and racist comments towards Chinese tourists.
Sad 😭 but true Metallica 🤣 we must remember we are living on a planet that we can't leave..Mi Casa Su Casa... My Home is also Your Home 🎉❤
Every local interviewed here seems like they were born to be on camera. Articulate, memorable quotes, likeable.
"We've been told who we are for so many years that some people think we need to be told." That statement is so true.
Yeah this is Palau ❤️ I love this❗️this is is well put out and said 🙂 thanks for doing this 💕 my homeland 🇵🇼 forever in my blood and heart
Wow nice 👍❤️👍
this should be neutral zone when WW3 comes
Or Vietnam Spain japan Canada and iran
the neutral zone will be where the government leaders, bankers and billionaire's bunkers are.
@@lootbox289 Jerusalem and London ?
@@armitylekhona585 London can only survive WW3 if the PM at that time is somewhat crazy like Churchill but who are we kidding, there will never be another PM like that so London would have to use leverage to survive WW3 as a financial powerhouse, this depends on the financial interests of the Rothschild family e.t.c at that time. Jerusalem or somewhere in the Middle East will remain for sure simply because of the financial power and backing of the religions such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam. They''ll make sure the significant religious epicenters remain which would then result in a "war" for the most supreme religion/entity/government. All this encapsulated as WW3 and it'll result in a "World Government". A more powerful UN & NATO if you will. Take the term "war" & "bunkers" with a grain of salt, it may not happen conventionally using guns and bombs and the bunkers may be the untouched suburbs of the elitists.
dude its Taiwan, that is where ww3 is going to start
“You can only invite a certain amount of people in your house without running out of food or running out of places to sleep.” Well said!
Palau is cool - from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 🤝 🇵🇼
Thank you for this video - I ❤ it!
Awesome documentary! 👍🏽 This is good journalism.
I would love to go to Palau to study the environmental efforts they’re taking
The water is so clear and clean
Beautiful island
Please Protect your Green Beautiful Land ❤️
This is lovely.
I don’t know why I’m here on TH-cam: I have a phobia of small islands, being surrounded by the sea while on a tiny island is like my worst nightmare but... should I ever get over it... you seem to have a nice insightful government and insightful citizens. So if I can ever face ‘small island visiting’, I’ll respectfully come, I won’t litter, I’ll find out about the culture while there and shall thoroughly enjoy my stay. Great video, most interesting, so thank you so much for that! Also, with an economy based so much on tourism, I dread to think what COVID did to your tourism industry... best of luck to you from Ireland! 🇮🇪:)
Lived and worked here 2012 to mid 2013. Loved it. One of the best experiences of my life. (I'm 33)
Hike up the fees, put heavy fines on people who pollute. Use it to protect the environment, build schools and hospitals and share the wealth with the locals.
samuraijack1371 It's hard to impose fines on people who litter if you can't prove it. It's a small island so basically there are no surveillance cameras anywhere.
Random recommendation on my feed but glad people get to see my home. I take pride in homeland. not very many people here in U.S. has ever heard of it and I have the hardest time explaining to them.😁👍
Really amazing video... Great interviews and info... I want to visit and when I do, I will enjoy the beaches and chat and chew 😁
Yassss thas my home island❤️❤️❤️💖💖💝💝🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼🥰🥰🥺🥺🥺🥺
samee 🇵🇼❤️❤️
I'm so proud of you🇵🇼 love from Philippines 😊
Its the économy good there??
interesting fact: you cannot be a Palauan Citizen unless you have Palauan blood. you can be born and raised here but if neither of your parents have Palauan blood, you cannot be a citizen.
Should be that way in every country.
@@abby402 goodbye "american"!
That's really interesting! Can non-citizens still live there, or is Palau a No Outsiders Allowed sort of thing? No disrespect meant, of course, I'm just curious!
Funky Angel non-citizens are allowed to live here indefinitely, of course! we are welcoming of anybody as long as they respect the island, people and culture
@@ellerose5997 Wow, seems much nicer than most major countries. How inclusive is it in terms of like, LGBT people and the like? Is it a big thing, or does nobody really care?
OMG! So this is Palau, back in highschool i read it in my geography school book about my country border and it was written that in the north of the country sea teritory is bordering Palau sea teritory.
I was so confused because never heard this country and location and when see the map there was nothing like a sizeable country to see.
It really paradise and good place for holidays and more informative video.
Nice thx!
I'm from palau and I can't believe there talking about my island 🤩🤩🤩
Palau is amazing. Its also supposedly kind of a matriarchal society - like they only offer welfare for women especially single mothers, and a lot of the big decisions are made by women, which is typical for a society living in a situation of limited food, size, etc, as giving women more power naturally keeps the population lower than when men make all the decisions (they have less babies).
WelfareChrist correct. we decide who lives on the land, how we bury our own, how to take care of our people/land and who is to be in charge. we hold deep respect for the women to the point that it is traditional that you say a child looks like their father/his relatives and not his maternal side because it is considered offensive to the matriarchs. (although this is a little old school so its less offensive to younger generations)
i recently had a funeral for my brother and a lot of the decisions made were put onto my mother and i and my father and his relatives followed through with support.
Woow, that's all just-alluring!! Chochoi, becks from Brazil 👋👋🇵🇼🇧🇷
As a Chinese who live in palau for long time, I would say Palauan people are very friendly to me and my other Chinese friend. the channel points all the bad to "Chinese tourists" are stupid. There are huge numbers tourist from all over the world, there are lot of Chinese but also lot of tourist from other countries. Also Palau already rise up the environment tax from $50 to $100 per tourist. Palau love tourist for money and also hate tourist for the destory. the point is how to find a balance. To reduce tourist numbers is a good way, but actually Palau goverment even open new flights in 2013 or 14 from HK and Macau. The tourist number reduce from 2015 because Chinese goverment give a travel ban for Palau.(China and Palau still don't have diplomatic relations because Taiwan. It's much harder to find a tour to Palau in China now)You can't blame people when you invest them. The last, I love Palau and Tmetuchls!
I think the ones that are the problem are mainland newly rich chinese.
My nowhere is 7.5° N & 134.5° E
Thank you for sharing images of home. I don’t know if I can say we “enjoy” the lifestyle. Like the rest of the world, the gap between the wealthy and the impoverished in Palau exists. So I can’t say this represents the average Palauan. We do “enjoy” electricity and internet. But we don’t enjoy the NCDs and low wages.
We will keep struggling to make a better life for us.
Belo vídeo, continuem assim, as legendas então.
Espero um dia conhecer Palau ❤
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I wish every country had brave and awesome president like Palau has ...kudos you are beautiful people love from India
i wanna chat ‘n chew ‘n smoke with the locals
I remember when my dad and uncles would chat n chew and we (me and my cousin) would listen to their stories on ww2 and the before times, now a days kids are to busy with their technology so it's a rare sight to actually see a chat n chew moment.
You bring pollution to this place
Chat N' Chew 😂😂😂😂😂 Brilliant!
Lol
Now that they have made this video , Palau should be expecting more visitors .
My boyfriend is from Palau & he misses it dearly.
Number one on the bucket list
I have a hard time understanding that this is the island that my great uncle fought to the death for. He fought like a maniac with his buds against the Japanese. He left his soul on those beaches. He survived his last major injury. They refused to let him fight anymore. He died a year 2 the day later. He drank himself to death. War is horrible.
Wow, I’m so sorry. I agree, war is horrible.
I fell in love with everything Palauan as soon as I actually met the people (at Mabuchi Hill in Chuuk). Sulang Xavierites from Palau!!
I miss Palau, it was so beautiful there, I miss Jelly Fish Lake ;( I visited when I was like 5 or 6
How its the économy there??
IM FROM PALAU! :D
Bliochel Ngiralmau such a beautiful country
Hi BL :D
Lets Keep Our Home Safe Boii🤠❤
‘ We dont do face time here we do chat n chew !! ‘
Felt that💓
The economy may not be as rich as other surrounding countries, but Palau is certainly rich in its environment. Investing on the environment and taking care of it, will then have rewards & returns in taking care of the locals. So many free foods can come the land & ocean. It's a matter of the Palauans to tap into those richness like they did before tourism existed.
Proud to be Palauan!
Its so damn beautiful.
My mother Glenda Ngireblekuu was born and raised in Palau. I am proud to say I am half Palauan and half Black. Thank you for this video!
Magic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥