Most holiday makers stay within their own region. Only every 5th travels abroad. In china too, more and more people have been bitten by the travel bug last year, it was 137 million. A particularly popular destination is thailand. Almost 9 million chinese went there in 2016. This is what rush hour in paradise can look like. At ten in the morning, the first speedboats from phuket arrive, brimming with chinese tourists. This beach was once a jewel empty and pristine. But that time is long gone. Jareed takuathung seems to be the only one tasked with tempering tourists activities here. He is the head ranger of maya bay. But his task is not easy. There are some areas here that should be offlimits, to protect nature. But the chinese just go right in. I then tell them, hey, dont do that. but they cant understand me. Sometimes they just laugh at me, as if i had told a joke. Maya bay is part of Ko Phi Phi Leh. The island used to be considered the crown jewel of the andaman sea. Thailands Tourism
Under a un mandate, the African Union currently has 22,000 troops stationed in somalia to support the newly elected government and 315 aid organizations. Aid organizations in somalia are viewed as outsiders, but they see themselves as lifesavers. The region in the horn of africa is in the midst of a severe drought. Aid workers get a closer look at the situation by driving to remote areas. They maintain radio contact during the entire journey. High Security Walls protect their base, which is guarded by soldiers in the semiautonomous region of puntland. Somalia is considered a failed state, with different regions battling each other. To bolster security two are jeeps lead the convoy and two bring up the rear, with the aid workers in the middle. The route goes through areas that are usually green, but now theres only dust the landscape remains the same for hours. The lack of precipitation during four rainy seasons has left its mark on somalia. Starved livestock litter the roadside. A noma
Under a un mandate, the African Union currently has 22,000 troops stationed in somalia to support the newly elected government and 315 aid organizations. Aid organizations in somalia are viewed as outsiders, but they see themselves as lifesavers. The region in the horn of africa is in the midst of a severe drought. Aid workers get a closer look at the situation by driving to remote areas. They maintain radio contact during the entire journey. High Security Walls protect their base, which is guarded by soldiers in the semiautonomous region of puntland. Somalia is considered a failed state, with different regions battling each other. To bolster security two are jeeps lead the convoy and two bring up the rear, with the aid workers in the middle. The route goes through areas that are usually green, but now theres only dust the landscape remains the same for hours. The lack of precipitation during four rainy seasons has left its mark on somalia. Starved livestock litter the roadside. A noma
Those most at risk are very young women, barely out of childhood. Around 700 million women worldwide were married before they turned 18. In south asia, one in two girls are child brides. And in africa and latin america child marriages are commonplace. That figure is 12 in kyrgyzstan, a country that also has a particularly extreme version of forced marriage bride abduction. In weddings in kyrgyzstan can be lavish affairs. City hall in the capital bishkek is known as the wedding palace and it lives up to its name. Miriam and asamat are getting married today. Their parents have organized and paid for the huge wedding. It cost at least thirty thousand euros. The families are welloff. But what sets this wedding apart is that miriam has actually chosen to marry. Her tears are tears of joy. Thats not always the case in kyrgyzstan. Vladimir zai sells white doves outside the wedding palace. He tells us about the all too common practice in kyrgyzstan of abducting brides. Called alakachuu, it mea
Those most at risk are very young women, barely out of childhood. Around 700 million women worldwide were married before they turned 18. In south asia, one in two girls are child brides. And in africa and latin america child marriages are commonplace. That figure is 12 in kyrgyzstan, a country that also has a particularly extreme version of forced marriage bride abduction. In weddings in kyrgyzstan can be lavish affairs. City hall in the capital bishkek is known as the wedding palace and it lives up to its name. Miriam and asamat are getting married today. Their parents have organized and paid for the huge wedding. It cost at least thirty thousand euros. The families are welloff. But what sets this wedding apart is that miriam has actually chosen to marry. Her tears are tears of joy. Thats not always the case in kyrgyzstan. Vladimir zai sells white doves outside the wedding palace. He tells us about the all too common practice in kyrgyzstan of abducting brides. Called alakachuu, it mea