Palau is an island paradise standing up to the world 

Being born in Palau and now living in Missouri, it's time to go back.

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.

Man, Palau is stupidly beautiful.

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.

Now all the instragrammers wanna go there

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!!

Most tourists are disrespectful, but if they are Chinese then you can say that out loud

The environment is the economy and the economy is the environment. Powerful words

I miss 🇵🇼 Palau! And I really miss my family there! So beautiful and the environment and culture so rich. Proud to be a Palauan ❤️

Stop thinking about how palau should be for tourism , think about how it should be for palauans .

Yeah love Palau bro~ Greeting from Japan 🇯🇵 🤝 🇵🇼

Palauans are our brothers. It's the most special oceanian country for us. Love from the Philippines ❤️❤️❤️

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.

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

"environment is the economy and the economy is the environment" 4:52

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❤️

Thank you all for the respect of my home🤙 much love🇵🇼

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 .

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!

Please respect this nation when you visit. Thanks, from a Palauan.

Congratulations for your national holiday on 1st October Palau from your friends in Germany

Their president is chilling, casual Friday every day. That the greatest thing I've ever seen.

an amazingly beautiful country with awesome culture, a place I need to visit.

If you go to my home, please do not pollute.

Thanks for coming to my Island. LOVING IT!!

The people there talk so peacefully

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 .....

I'm pretty sure Indonesia just added a $10 charge for tourists coming into the country. Palau should do something similar, maybe $100 though.

Incredibly brilliant people living there. I already want to permanently move there

I want to visit too and get to know about their culture now. The people seem so humble

Born and raise!!! I miss my island!!!

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

The place is beautiful and peaceful may they do well , great vid, Peace

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.

U cannot separate the environment from the economy what every country needs to understand

I miss Palau, I was a Peace Corps volunteer back in the 1980s I am sure it has changed a lot!

damn that last thing the village chief said was deep

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

A very well narrated introduction of a nation to the world. I hope I could plan to travel to Palau!

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.

So so interesting! I love this idea! Thank you for visiting Palau!

Every local interviewed here seems like they were born to be on camera. Articulate, memorable quotes, likeable.

wow this was amazing, i loved it!

Lived and worked here 2012 to mid 2013. Loved it. One of the best experiences of my life. (I'm 33)

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.

We just got back from Palau! Absolutely spectacular. We got some spectacular footage and more importantly created amazing memories!

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.

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.

this should be neutral zone when WW3 comes

Really amazing video... Great interviews and info... I want to visit and when I do, I will enjoy the beaches and chat and chew 😁

Woow, that's all just-alluring!! Chochoi, becks from Brazil 👋👋🇵🇼🇧🇷

The water is so clear and clean

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.

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.😁👍

"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.

What a beautiful country

I fell in love with everything Palauan as soon as I actually met the people (at Mabuchi Hill in Chuuk). Sulang Xavierites from Palau!!

Reporter: How badly do you want to go to Palau in your life? Me: YES!

I'm from palau and I can't believe there talking about my island 🤩🤩🤩

Ived work in palau and i find this places so beutiful and my employer were so kind shalum

I miss Palau, it was so beautiful there, I miss Jelly Fish Lake ;( I visited when I was like 5 or 6

Belau My Island 🎶💕

I don’t know why I’m here on RU-vid: 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! 🇮🇪:)

Awesome documentary! 👍🏽 This is good journalism.

Palau is truly a beautiful place on Earth.

Yes this the first time I’ve seen a video of from other places but not one from where I’m from 😭🤩❤️❤️

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!

Thank you for this video - I ❤ it!

“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!

*WITH LOVE FROM FIJI*

Belo vídeo, continuem assim, as legendas então. Espero um dia conhecer Palau ❤ 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

I would love to go to Palau to study the environmental efforts they’re taking

Ngayon ko lang nalaman na may bansang Palau😅. Sobrang ganda sana makapunta ako jan🤗 covid free din ang bansang ito😊 Ingat po kayo mga taga Palau😊 I like your country so much.

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.

My dad was born in Palau and his family owns a forest there that is HUGE I go to Palau for annual family meetings

Beautiful island

Number one on the bucket list

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.

Big greetings to neighbor Bananistan 🇵🇼🇵🇼 from Morocco🇲🇦🇲🇦

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!

I wish every country had brave and awesome president like Palau has ...kudos you are beautiful people love from India

Thank you for honoring and respecting my island:) Although you kind of miss pronounced the names but its ok

Taiwan appreciates Palau's wisdom and friendship 🇹🇼🇵🇼

This is lovely.

Thas my island my home my place to be. Been far away from home for almost 7 years. If only it were that easy to go back

It really paradise and good place for holidays and more informative video.

Wow!What a beautiful little paradise! I'd love to visit it one day💫🌴🌊

My boyfriend is from Palau & he misses it dearly.

thank you. not everyday do i get to see informative media about my home island.

Nice thx!

Now that they have made this video , Palau should be expecting more visitors .

My grandad saw an ad in a local DC newspaper that was asking for English teachers, and with no experience he answered the call and became an English teacher, he ended up living there for a couple of years afterward before moving back to DC, later working as an American embassy employee, then marrying my gramma, they would then move to Italy, Portugal, and many other countries before retiring back to DC where my sister and I visit about 6-12 times a year, he said it was one of the best experiences of his life, except a friend of his was eaten by a crocodile

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.

Yassss thas my home island❤️❤️❤️💖💖💝💝🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼🥰🥰🥺🥺🥺🥺

Amen! I lived in Belau for 5.5 years.

Proud to be Palauan!

I like that "chant and chew" ... What a country. Let's keep it that way.

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.

the first place i am going to visit soon

Damn this video just makes me wanna go there