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Mass tourism on the Baltic Sea - Can this natural paradise still be saved? WDR documentary

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Sandy beaches, national parks and plenty of sunshine: Over 7 million tourists traveled to the Baltic Sea in 2020 - 97 percent of them are German. In 2021, the second year of Corona, preparations for the summer season are also in full swing: digital beach traffic lights, warning signs with hygiene rules, counting systems, closed access roads are intended to prevent mass gatherings on the beaches. The rangers in the Jasmund National Park on the island of Rügen are despairing of the crowds. "Last summer was hell," says Ingolf Stodian, the director of the national park, which also includes the famous chalk cliffs. "After the end of the lockdown, we were hit by a wave of tourists like we've never experienced before." There is increasing talk of "sylviation" of the Baltic Sea resorts: Almost every vacant property is converted into a holiday home, sales prices and rents have tripled in recent years in Timmendorf, Scharbeutz and other holiday resorts. Anyone looking for a new apartment here has a problem. On Germany's largest island, Rügen, 80 percent of the locals make their living from tourism, but they are following the real estate boom with concern. A group of foreign investors wants to develop a €680 million holiday project on the narrow Bug peninsula. A €50 million hotel is to be built in sleepy Promoisel, and the Dutch chain Center Parcs wants to build a huge holiday complex on the Pütnitz peninsula. What will remain of the beautiful Baltic Sea landscape if more and more of it is sacrificed to new tourist accommodation? How long can the natural and holiday paradise of the Baltic Sea withstand this development? ???? If you liked this video, give us a like! ______ ???? A film for the story by Marion Försching This film was produced in 2021. All statements and facts correspond to the status at the time and have not been updated since then. ______ ???? More documentaries in the ARD Mediathek: http://www.wdr.de/k/doku_mediathek ???? WDR documentary on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wdrdoku/?hl=de More documentaries on the topic: ???? Empty beaches, empty coffers? Croatia vacation and Corona - • Empty beaches, empty coffers? Croatia... ???? Mallorca without party tourists? How Corona is changing the island - • Mallorca without party tourists? How Cor... ???? Bulgaria - Golden Sands party despite Corona? - • Bulgaria - Golden Sands party despite Co... ???? Holiday paradise Croatia - Dark side of the tourism boom - • Holiday paradise Croatia - Dark side... ???? The new Mallorca? Party vacationers in Bulgaria - • The new Mallorca? Party vacationers in B... ???? Mallorca - Island on the verge of collapse - • Mallorca - Island on the verge of collapse WD... ______ #holiday #BalticSea #WDRDoku #overtourism #National Park

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