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.

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.

Man, Palau is stupidly beautiful.

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!!

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

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

Now all the instragrammers wanna go there

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

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

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❤️

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

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 .

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

The people there talk so peacefully

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for coming to my Island. LOVING IT!!

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

damn that last thing the village chief said was deep

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Belau My Island 🎶💕

*WITH LOVE FROM FIJI*

wow this was amazing, i loved it!

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

Chat N' Chew 😂😂😂😂😂 Brilliant!

What a beautiful country

this should be neutral zone when WW3 comes

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.

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

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.

Palau is amazing. Its also supposedly kind of a matriarchal society - like they only offer welfare for women especially single mothers, and a lot of the big decisions are made by women, which is typical for a society living in a situation of limited food, size, etc, as giving women more power naturally keeps the population lower than when men make all the decisions (they have less babies).

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

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.

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

Please Protect your Green Beautiful Land ❤️

"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.

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

“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!

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

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

interesting fact: you cannot be a Palauan Citizen unless you have Palauan blood. you can be born and raised here but if neither of your parents have Palauan blood, you cannot be a citizen.

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

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

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

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.😁👍

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

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

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.

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! 🇮🇪:)

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

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

i wanna chat ‘n chew ‘n smoke with the locals

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.

I think the easiest thing for Palau to do is to charge tourists higher prices than locals so all of the locals benefit from the tourists, ie have the tourists eat into the prices that the locals have to pay for goods and services

Next Episode : China builds airbases on surrounding islands and claims Palau is ancient territory under Chinese law.....

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.

My nowhere is 7.5° N & 134.5° E Thank you for sharing images of home. I don’t know if I can say we “enjoy” the lifestyle. Like the rest of the world, the gap between the wealthy and the impoverished in Palau exists. So I can’t say this represents the average Palauan. We do “enjoy” electricity and internet. But we don’t enjoy the NCDs and low wages. We will keep struggling to make a better life for us.

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!

The water is so clear and clean

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

It's really a beautiful place! I think the environment should be protected. And I think they should restrict the visa not just blame the tourists. As far as I know, if a country have a diplomatic relations with Taiwan,then this country cannot make diplimatic relations with China. So technically Chinese cannot get a tourist visa from Palau. So I think they had better to assess how many tourists they can accept every month and then decide how many visa they can approve to foreigners. By doing that Chinese tourists barely go there or totally cannot go there and problems are solved. By the way, I am Chinese and I have never been there.

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

Palau is cool - from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 🤝 🇵🇼

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

IM FROM PALAU! :D

‘ We dont do face time here we do chat n chew !! ‘ Felt that💓

Number one on the bucket list

My boyfriend is from Palau & he misses it dearly.

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

Proud to be Palauan!

Represent🇵🇼💯

Amazing that a small country is not willing to go down like Nauru.

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

Wow i want to Go to Palau even more now than i wanted 1 year ago

can't wait NOT to go to Palau Respect their country

Never heard of Palau until i just read the news in March 2021 that Palau and Taiwan has agree to have a travel bubble next month during this pandemic. Hopefully Palau continue to keep her place beautiful n clean.

Great idea with reducing the number of charter flights from China! We should try this in Venice too