1st on by and later on foot. Of area is one of germanys 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 im going to get a lot of exercise and while im here and while im at it i want to find out the ways in which the coronavirus pandemic and Climate Change are affecting tourism here in the alps. What are the challenges of mass tourism poses to this mountainous region. One big draw are the many fanciful castles built by king to take the 2nd. But will also visit dubrovnik word check in viewer will show us how the corona crisis is affecting her hometown. My destination is the shot and a scenic point in the Mountain Range the 2nd had a house built up there for the 1st leg of the journey ive reserved a bike. And find a cold welcome. To make the climb a little easier ive decided to rent an. Ascendant is there anything i should watch out for. To feel us and probably the most common error people make is overestimating the situation got across the street steve bikes will take you just about anywhere they offer a lot of power. Then suddenly youre at the summit and cant get down. To overextend yourself thats why you should be careful on the descent keep your hands on the brakes take your time go slowly and enjoy the nature of around you dont come shooting down. As soon as i leave mitten miles im american the beautiful bavarian landscape. The paths of wind and the ascent is still manageable. After a couple of minutes of riding through the forest i arrive at a leak. But i still have a long way to go. Yet the nation today is the kings house on shot and that can only be reached on foot or by bike and that isolation suited looked like the 2nd just fine because well he wasnt 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 this. Team say the largest lake in bavaria it was here that the 2nd had his luxury of a palace built no expense was spared. Its just one of several residences who they commissioned at times he labored over plans for 3 palaces at once. To get minor the absolute monarchs of france. A palace was intended as a replica. Except that it was neither a power nor a hub of social life. Was trying to create the illusion of a bygone world which he chose to enjoy in solitude. After so. Sets were 35 servants how to light all of the contents in the palace after that they all had to vanish you know for free so the king could be alone here and your interests. Visible from far and wide yet seemingly unapproachable noise Feinstein Castle at the foot of the alps. The most famous of all you had to do was build for loot big and looted alone he was enthralled by tales of the middle ages this ingers hall was meant to be a tribute to the age of chivalry and its culture. But lewd bit was also a product of his time he loved Technological Innovations his nights casual future telephones and Running Water big never lived to see the completion of either north or the heaven team say pilars. Not far away is the only palace the bavarian finished linda hall you would think the 2nd actually lived here for some time surrounded by a vast park its thought to have been his favorite palace. And back on the trail my uphill battle began. The scenery looks like a painting and the weather today couldnt be better it may be peak season but i think to have a place to myself. After one last steep climb i think that deserve another little break. So its nice to see the vet dine out a rustic alpine eatery at an altitude of 1400 meters. Whats it like to live in a city typically overrun by tourists and how has that changed since the covert 19 pandemic began and this weeks edition of our segment need a 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. How long hello and welcome to brother nick my names dora pitcher im from dubrovnik but i lived in frankfurt for a few years and returned to my wonderful home country after finishing High School Im going to show you how beautiful dubrovnik is and why i love it so much. Naturalist begins what will start out to on the city walls not only the pride of brother nick but of all croatia in the. 1979 the old city and these bills were added to the list of us go World Heritage sites. Well paula some you know even though it was going to ask a World Heritage site in 1901 the city was attacked by serbian and montenegrin forces you dont but the walls remained standing until today when all. The levels of a normally they would be thousands of people up here at this time of year when about because of the corona crisis there are no simply fewer tourists this year than last that we locals dont think its all that bad so now we have the place all to ourselves. Did i bet the best beer to broaden it is from a own manton service up there you can walk up and go you can take the cable car id suggest we take the cable car today because its so hot on Foreign Policy there are highs. This isnt that amazing you can see everything from up here local island village are soft and the airport behind me we can see all of the broad neck its a magnificent view. For years and every day now were back down in the old city and behind me is the main entrance to the. Town the political elite come on complement. Dog and infant and now were on to prof next main street and its most famous street called straw doing is it starts at the big on north koreas fountain with its 16 was has this investor buyout. Ads with fathomless and says stratton is our main street and very important in our lives since we do so many things on the street i we shop here during the coffee and spend time with our friends and families who dont mind we just love the streets and not just all starbucks that you must of course then just imagine last year it was so crowded here you could hardly move you had to push people aside just to get through the numbers call and today as you can see its practically empty net fast complet left. Alone strolled through to the road near his computer that visiting the Beautiful People to see my favorite is a saint jacobi from here they get the best view of the products all town. Tough i hope you enjoy it out we look forward to seeing you here and abroad nick with the mic tell them ill be over the most of the only. No rest for the weary its time for the. Second part of my track but i wont be making the ascent to the kings house im shocked and all by myself. Will accompany me hes a mountain guide from mit and. He says the mountains have a calming effect on him and that sometimes you just need to stop look and listen. Because then how did you come to be a mountain guide. It actually started with my parents we were always in the mountains. Then while doing my military service my path seemed preordained i became a mountain leader for the armed forces i just kept spending more time in the mountains even in my free time. And things just turned out this way and this gave me a new tell me as a city kid what a mountain guide does you know ill see. It has changed a bit in that in the past the people who came here usually had some experience theyd already done a fair amount of hiking boots nowadays many people are just looking to have an experience and tend to be ill prepared. So that poses the biggest challenge. Since so few people come with any previous experience you have to teach them everything with starting with how to walk. Before and thats the way it is. Now this is healthy so what should i look out for if i want to hike around here. This sticks this is the most important thing is to be in Good Condition and have a bit of energy in reserve so you can enjoy it. Its possible to rush around see a sight and then dash off that is the point isnt whether or not you reach your goal but what you get out of it were seeing this more and more most people go too hard theyre always pushing themselves to the limit and thats really a shame because then you dont take in whats all around you you need a Little Something in reserve for that possibly for this initiative. And taking the time to veer off the beaten path to the pleasure of. All right before we continue our hike lets take a quick look at the impact mass tourism has on some of the most popular regions here in the alps. But there are moments when you say ok lets cut corners theres too much traffic it puts a strain on the parts and its really hard in the High Contrast to a large crowd thats put a burden on the local population the communities and the infrastructure in the valley and the summer directing the streams of visitors and providing useful information is crucial so much that i think what the stampede of visitors to outdoor destinations has noticeably increased in these days of the coronavirus pandemic if is a to counts in the algo itself so anything to go by as long as people stick to the model trails and. No way on hina is fine with it. People like to be in the actual surroundings. Lake vulcan is particularly popular. Its a delicate balancing act protecting nature while permitting crowds of people to have some fun and the sun. These days the rangers only go out and pests communing with nature means Different Things to different people. Managing the crowds is getting harder as one of my colleagues said we are more like people minders than conservation officers. You hear it all so they threaten to call a lawyer and make all the threats. Even when all you want to do was clarified this was also clear. Protected plant species grow in the nature reserves and conservation areas around the lake for example the marsh. In restricted areas people often build fires which is not limited to all this with cigarette butts. The hotter the summer the more people head into the water as many as a 1000 per day at the book than there go waterfalls in the article. Often they get close to sensitive areas and show little consideration for the environment with its red plant species. The more popular a spot like this becomes the greater the threat to its nature. But its not purely thought worries as this trend toward sharing individual experiences with a large overly. On social media platforms like instapundit. Instagram information about an incredible sunrise over the mountain its the more people come out probably spots even in typically after time thought out. This is. Done future started you know its truly gives me cause for concern or the thought said he saw that maybe one way to hope is to avoid those popular spots altogether. Were getting close to the top. On the side of the trail stefan points out some yellow gentian to me its a plant commonly found in the alps it drives here at an altitude of some 800. 00 metres. Thats what that was worth it in the sun not bad not at all. And there it is i can see my goal the kings house on shot and the photo of the event to shine mt. Back tourism and Climate Change are said to be threatening the alpine flora and fauna is that something you see yourself spend a lot of time in the mountains and he it was a few and. In the case of tourism yes some there are popular spots like the summit that are really overrun by masses of tourists but as you experienced yourself today we hardly saw anybody on our way up. There really quiet areas for instance in the call ventile range over there. Even in peak season and were at the absolute peak of the season right now you can be all on your own same cons well then can you move on thats for Climate Change we havent felt very much yet. Maybe its objective because you dont notice gradual changes as much in the woman and its so. But weve always had a few tough winners and some very mild ones weve had dry winters and weve had lots of parts of potations weve had flooding and then weve had very dry years its always changing but there are things i notice that for instance with the ozone to become more sensitive but maybe thats a. In any case i do notice something thats true obviously. But i dont feel its causing a great deal of change for us in findus of heat for the. Last days is the one thing thats very different this year is the coronavirus a lot of people are spending their holidays closer to home how many germans are staying in germany what if you noticed here in the region. That im. Here. Who says its been somewhat stressful for us because we cant make long term plans and have to react fast to the changes. The biggest is sin but the guests are noticeably more relaxed than in recent years. Relaxed in the sense that most readily accept it when you say that they cant do something or other theres not so much i wanted and i want it now which has been something of a trend the past few years that can get really unpleasant were not seeing any of that people seem happy with whatevers possible i hope it will stay that way for a while. And a Little Paradise right outside your door thanks for showing it to me youre my pleasure. I can handle the last stretch on my own the kings house is now in plain sight of course king lute bass didnt walk up here himself he had servants to carry him in a litter box. This summer the kings alpine hideout is closed in compliance with social distancing and hygiene guidelines but after the long hike we definitely want to see what its like inside. Compared to the seconds of other residences the kings house on shuffle and seems almost modest it was built in 872 in the style of a swiss chalet. 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. Of the upper story however fully reflects its creator here the 2nd had a sumptuous Hall Building an oriental style crammed full of gilded carving lit through stained glass windows and decorated with fine drugs but nissen chandelier is an peacock feathers. The turkish room with its fountain in the center provided a spectacular backdrop for the kings birthday celebrations. Isolated high in the Bavarian Alps he recreated the magical world of the arabian nights. While the kings house remains closed during the pandemic the former servants quarters now a mountain in have reopened to the public. Back in look face time this building served as a storehouse its also where the kings meals were prepared for over 15 years now its been run by the light and power family meeting but a lot too many people come here to learn more about the life of king lou thank you or are most just hikers ready for a break he added. This law its too bad the house is closed at the moment the hikers are usually keen to see the place. They know theres Something Special to see in the upper floor so many want to go in. The store. Some days 250 or 300 people walk through the house so its wanted. There are 2 guys from the linda hope palace who give hourly tours for up to 30 people there you know. They tell visitors all about lou dick and his connection to this place that they know. It and can you can pick his title to. Get out of bounds of what relevance does that all have for you. In this area theres really no other place comparable to it so the quantity of swiss pine is unique in bavaria for instance and the pan around simply fantastic. Theres nothing else like it this is the song thats the beauty of it and im so glad no trains come up here. From the factories and souther wise it would no longer be the way it is now you need to use this is the only lodge thats been preserved in its original condition and has not been replaced with a new one its like the other lodges or been repainted as its through their midst and by spring from the pic you do were very proud that everything here is so old americans who supports test his response who are wanted to make houston. As you probably know there is usually a spot reserved on the show for your travel experiences this week will show you a video shot by jurado krishnapillai from india before the pandemic he visited the yacht thai and nature park and corolla home to the worlds biggest bird statue. The. Zoom. Move. My camera a i. Just before reaching my final destination i have a Close Encounter with a stubborn local. If thats well work. Yeah its cool didnt expect that did you. See clinical one cow no. No no no me in the alps. Just look out for and is where my journey at king loued may have the belvedere built not far from his house from here the view of the rhine valley is simply breathtaking. If you havent got anyone who carry you up the mountain to hike like this is pretty intense but 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 well. The book. 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