Bali is ranked as one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, but locals say the seemingly insatiable demand for a piece of paradise is threatening the very thing that makes the island so special. Exposing the first-hand impacts foreign developers are having on the island paradise.
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00:00This is the road going to Kelingking Beach and this is the everyday view, as you see,
00:12thousands of people come here to see the beauty of Kelingking Beach.
00:25Kelingking Beach is a mecca for Instagrammers.
00:28Once voted the most beautiful beach in the world, most tourists stay at the top.
00:44Getting down isn't easy.
00:46Yes, we need to go down that way, take a small path all the way, so...
00:54Oh, down there?
00:55Down there, so it will take maybe around 20, 30 minutes to go down.
00:59Oh, yeah.
01:05To help get more people down to the beach, the local village has brought in a Chinese
01:10company to build this, a 182 metre high elevator and viewing platform that will soon tower
01:17over one of Indonesia's most beautiful beaches.
01:21A permanent addition to bring even more tourists to this Instagram hotspot.
01:28Some here support it because of the increased business it will bring, but not Nilu.
01:35Would you, once it's built, would you ride on the glass elevator?
01:39No, never.
01:40Never?
01:41Never.
01:42That's how strongly you feel about it?
01:43Never.
01:44Never.
01:45Never.
01:46I'm a very gratitude person when it comes to nature, so no, not over my dead body, no.
01:55Nilu sees the elevator as part of a broader problem in Bali, a build-at-all-costs mentality
02:01by the politicians in charge.
02:03It's so simple, you know, it's so simple to take care of this island, but it has been
02:10over the years and over the years and it's getting worse.
02:13It is not getting better, you know.
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