Asia Insight Season 9 Episode 8
Overview:
The city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, has over 2,500 years of history. Today, Samarkand is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, thanks to its status as a "cultural crossroads." Beginning in 2018, a national tourism policy brought about a sharp rise in foreign visitors, sparking widespread development and infrastructural changes. Locals are hopeful about the economic potential of increased tourism, but worried about the rapid transformation of their city, while UNESCO has asked the government to reconsider its plans. Explore the challenges Samarkand faces as it navigates a tourism boom.
Genre : Documentary, News
Actors : -
Release Date : 2020-03-20
Duration : 28 menit
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Other Episodes (Season 9)
1. Fighting for Marriage Equality: Taiwan
2. The Twilight of Chinese Coal
3. Leaving It All Behind - Thailand
4. Taiwan's Battle with Fake News
5. Returning from ISIL: Kazakhstan
6. Living Among the Two Koreas
7. A Second Chance in Bangkok's Slums
8. A Mixed Blessing: A World Heritage City in Uzbekistan
9. Japan and the Philippines: Specified Skilled Worker System Year One
10. Beijing's Room of Rage
11. South Korea's Elderly Box Foragers
12. Documenting Home: Myanmar
13. Businesses Struggling with COVID-19 in Shenzhen
14. Coronavirus Crisis: Answering the Call - Thai Monks on the Frontline
15. Sketching a Better Myanmar through Satire
16. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Poverty
17. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Business
18. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Culture
19. North Borneo's Isolated Stateless
20. Protecting the Elderly from COVID-19: South Korea
21. Guangzhou's Apparel Industry Facing COVID-19
22. Wuhan: An App to Survive Post-Corona
23. Vietnam: A Mega-Hospital in Lockdown
24. Deliveries Among COVID-19 in South Korea
25. Making Art from a Pandemic: Wuhan, China
26. Dreaming of a Medal: Mongolia
27. Thailand's Struggling Inbound Tourism
28. The "Made in Hong Kong" Dilemma
29. Spreading Kindness: Online Barter in the Philippines
30. Echoes of Musical Tradition: Mongolia
31. The Unsung Heroes Fighting the Coronavirus: Thailand
32. Entrepreneurs of the Massive Housing Complex: Guizhou, China
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