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
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
Every 11th job in the world depends on tourism. 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 prisistine. But that time is long gone. Jarereed takuathung seems to e 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 islaland used to be consided th
The sounds of metal crashing. How could anybody survive Something Like this . I had no way to escape, and i knew i was facing death. This is not how you die, youre going to survive this. I survived. I survived. I survived. I survived the 2004 tsunami in thailand. It has changed my life forever. Reporter it rose from the depths of the sea, that monstrous tsunami that literally tore around the globe erasing cities and swallowing coastlines. Im josh elliott and welcome to this dateline special. The images from that hellish day are seared in our collective memory. The 2004 indian ocean tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in modern history, killing an estimated 230,000 people in 14 countries. Youre about to hear from those trapped, as that tsunami struck the beaches of thailand. How they survived, its impact and then its aftermath, how they escaped. It was the day after christmas. The day that disaster struck paradise. Back in 2004, married happily with my wife, vivienne and my t
The sounds of metal crashing. How could anybody survive Something Like this . I had no way to escape, and i knew i was facing death. This is not how you die, youre going to survive this. I survived. I survived. I survived. I survived the 2004 tsunami in thailand. It has changed my life forever. Reporter it rose from the depths of the sea, that monstrous tsunami that literally tore around the globe erasing cities and swallowing coastlines. Im josh elliott and welcome to this dateline special. The images from that hellish day are seared in our collective memory. The 2004 indian ocean tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in modern history, killing an estimated 230,000 people in 14 countries. Youre about to hear from those trapped, as that tsunami struck the beaches of thailand. How they survived, its impact and then its aftermath, how they escaped. It was the day after christmas. The day that disaster struck paradise. Back in 2004, married happily with my wife, vivienne and my t