Episode 16 The Travel Show

That is some of what you will see on the front of the morning papers.

Now, it's time for The Travel Show. Ryan is full of beautiful monuments

like this one. In a cash`strapped Italy, who picks up the bill to

protect and preserve them Brest `` Rome.

Coming up: we find out how time is taking its toll on the eternal city

and how some big names in fashion could be coming to the rescue. Chris

goes behind the scenes at a controversial exhibition in Germany

to take an anatomy lesson. In animated tales, we meet a heroic

stranger. And, if you enjoy a much bad, we will have some tips on where

to book your next holiday. `` Mac mud bath. Hello and welcome to The

Travel Show with me. This week I am in Rome, the eternal city. This year

marks the 2000th anniversary of the death of one of ancient Rome 's most

popular and famous emperors, Augustus. He is the man who

historians say brought peace and prosperity to the Roman world, which

was filled with centuries of infighting and bloodshed. Two

millennia after his death, Rome has finally decided to tidy up his turn.

`` tomb. At times, it feels as though Rome is an open air museum

rather than a city. It is so full of monuments, statues and buildings

from its imperial past. Every year, around 12 million people come here

to see what is left of the splendour that once made ancient Rome the

capital of the known world. Much of that success is down to this man,

Augustus, who hugely expanded the empire when he became Rome's first

Emperor in 27 BC. He has gone down in history as the man who secured

Rome's path to superpower status and, like every dictator, he wanted

his capital city to be the grandest and most impressive in the world.

Many of the monuments he instructed to be built here, still stand to

this day. Some have feared less well than others, like his once lavish

family mausoleum. It has been lying derelict for years, desperate for

care and attention. As Italy fights to save its economy and pay its

bills, the restoration and preservation of sites like these

have suffered. It is hard to believe that in its heyday, these walls were

three times higher than they are now. They were covered in white

marble. Over the years, the marble has been stolen and this place has

been literally left to fall apart. Things are about to change. Now,

2000 years after Augustus's death, 2 million euros of public money has

finally been made available to kickstart the cleanup for the site

reopens to tourists in 2016. What were your thoughts when you were

told that the money was secured and you would be able to restore this

mausoleum ? We have waited a long time, so for us it is very important

to have this first cap under way and it is also very important to

consider this monument as universal heritage `` first step under way.

More money is needed to look after sites like these. With the

country's national debt running into trillions of euros, the government

has had to come up with another approach to protecting Rome's past.

My vision would be impossible to do all the things we need to do in

order to keep the Valley of our monuments, because we are the centre

in Italy of an incredible economic crisis. I have the responsibility of

taking care of a lot of social emergency. I really need to look

somewhat else to gather the resources. This funding model

appears to be paying off. The stonework on this fountain, famously

featured in Fellini's film, needed some serious attention to save it.

Thanks to $2 million, there is money available to maintain this iconic

masterpiece. Similarly, Spanish steps were rescued by Bvlgari. The

colosseum has not been immune from the funding crisis. The 2000

`year`old monument has been in need of restoration for decades. In a

controversial move, Diego Della Valais, stumped up the money to fund

the project. Very wealthy, very nice man, contributed something like $40

million. He said to me recently, it took me four years and three

different Cabinet ministers to get that accepted. Why? Because many of

the Italians, some of the best art historians and archaeologistss

feared there would be too much blatant publicity. Should the future

of buildings that have stood for 2000 years rest of the whim of a

fashion designer or luxury global brand? And, how long before their

logos start to appear on walls like these? I think it is inevitable that

it will happen. It must be carefully govern. Indeed, some donors have

asked for recognition for their contributions. So far, there have

been minimal. The Japanese investor behind this has asked for a small

clerk bearing his name. Dendy has requested a similar gesture on the

fountain. The men of Rome incests that billboard advertising is not

part of the plan. `` insists. Will we expect to see shoes advertised? I

am glad that you raise this point. We are looking for pure

philanthropic help. There will be no advertisement on the colosseum. The

same will happen for the treaty fountain. We have the responsibility

of keeping all of these and to give the proper resources in order that

generation after generation will continue to enjoy these incredible

archaeological richness. If you are planning a trip to Rome any time

soon, here is some travel show tips to get the most out of your time

there. Make sure to plan ahead for popular tourist attractions. You can

reserve tickets to sites like the Vatican Museum online to stop you

from queueing for ages. Optionally, you can invest in a Roma pass, which

permits entrance to sites like the colosseum and the Roman Forum and

gives you free access to public transport as well. Rome is known as

the city of seven Hills. There are several places where you can admire

the city from a height. Maybe the best panoramic views can be found on

this hill, which lies west of the river Tiber and outside the ancient

city. If you are in Rome to see the Pope, get yourself to St Peter's

Square on a Wednesday morning, when Pope Francis Lessing is to pilgrims

and tourists. An audience with the Pope consists of small teachings and

readings in many languages. Arrive early if you can. Finally, no trip

to Rome is complete without local food. Many operators offer food too

was introducing you to the best local culinary spots. If you would

like to take a taste of Italy home, to perfect your pizza tossing

skills, try a cookery class `` tour. Next up, our animated adventure

comes from Morocco, where a tourist gets out into the sea. `` gets swept

into the sea. Sometimes you agree to go on holiday with people you don't

know and sometimes these people drink too much of the first night.

My husband and I found ourselves on such a holiday in Morocco, where a

friend of a friend, let call him John, had a place at a beach

resort. John insisted on taking the nightlife by storm and the next

day, even though he looked like you look at `` could have used a nap,

and to activity levels with a bout of windsurfing. This is a vacation

after all, why relax? When he jumped on the board, he was swept 300

metres offshore and the mast snapped. My husband and I could not

swim to help. We aren't strong swimmers. We watched with dread as

John was swept out to sea. Crowd gathered and began to get rowdy. If

he doesn't drown, the sharks will get him. Come here! There is a guy

drowning. The hotel offered to call in a lifeboat from Tangiers. There's

was broken. Tangiers was over an hour away. Suddenly, Morocco's

version of Arnold Schwarzenegger parted the crowd with his muscles

and proclaimed, I watched a guy die here last year. I can't let that

happen again. In he goes, swimming towards the small dot that John had

become the horizon. He seemed to spend four hours, stopping only

briefly to catch its breath. He began pulling John back onto the

broken windsurfer. As they came onto shore, the previously cutthroat

crowd was cheering and crying. The lifeboat from Tangiers had just

arrived. The crew were basking in undeserved glory. It turns out,

Moroccan Arnold was a professional bodybuilder on vacation from LA and

if he hadn't wait ?300, we would have lifted onto a `` lifted him

onto a shoulders and paraded him through. `` our shoulders. A new bus

system has opened in Rio de Janeiro. It is just in time for the beginning

of the World Cup. The bus corridor runs for 39 kilometres, from the

international airport to the south`west of the city. At full

capacity, this system is expected to carry 450,000 passengers per day.

Some of the stations are yet to be completed. The project has been met

with resistance, with campaigners protesting against the system's ?417

million pricetag. If you are planning a trip to Russia, be aware

that the country has now introduced a smoking ban in all public places.

As of this week, it is illegal to smoke in bars, restaurants, hotels

and trains, with owners threatened with fines if a customer is found to

have flouted the law. Finally, Chicago's tallest attraction has

opened after workers were called to repair its shattered floor. The

ledge of the Hundred and third floor of Willis Tower is a series of glass

boxes from which visitors can look down at the city below. A spokesman

said it was only to protect `` the protective coating that shattered,

posing no danger to people inside the box. Three figure leaders from

underneath remain intact. I immediately looked down and I saw it

cracking very fast. I jumped off. I don't know what I did. Still to come

on the show, Chris takes an insider 's look at one of the world's most

talked about exhibitions. First, hello, I am Michelle, your Global

Guide. With top tips on the world's best events in the coming months.

From fashion forward to a feeding frenzy of the South African coast.

Belgium, where it is the coolest, hippest fashion show on the planet.

Students at the Royal Academy of fine arts in Antwerp will be showing

some of their creations in Belgium's port city. It is

considered the place to discover emerging designers of the future.

Thousands come to check out the collections. Cute, quirky, sometimes

crazy, and definitely never ready to wear. Across to the US, where the

Firefly Music Festival will be rocking the state of Delaware, set

in the woods of the Dover International Speedway. This year,

it features the Arctic Monkeys, and the foo fighters. There is a

hangout, the gaming arcade, and treehouse sessions with

up`and`coming bands playing high in the treetops. Embarking on this

track is a bit of a gamble, but it is one worth taking. The sardine run

in south Africa doesn't happen every year, and it `` its exact location

is never known. Go to the Eastern Cape, where around now millions of

sardines, stretching four kilometres, can be seen stretching

along the coast. They are followed in hot pursuit by diving gannets and

cormorants, as well as seals, dolphins and sharks preying on the

massive shoals. It can be witnessed from a boat, but the brave will take

to the water and snorkel or dive amid the fray. In east Africa, on

June 28, the safari marathon takes place on a wildlife Conservancy in

Kenya. It is one of the toughest marathons, at an average altitude of

200 metres above sea level. Entrants vary from walkers to amateurs, to

international runners. It raises funds for conservation projects

across the country. Back to Europe, where it is time to

pull out your face paints. At the end of June, Austria hosts the 17th

world body painting festival. Artists from across the globe will

compete for the title, and they will also be lessons for novices and the

kids programme. Entrants include Atlantis, the hidden city of

underground music, the following day. For a different kind of body

paint, take a trek to South Korea, hosting the mud Festival from July

18. Visitors can mud wrestle, mudslide, or take part in the mud

marathon. There is also a chance to relax in the mud massa zone.

Organisers say the mud itself is more than just fun, it is also good

feel skin and help. I'm not sure that is why most attend. That is my

global guide this month. Let me know what is happening in the place where

you live, or where you love. We are on Facebook, Twitter and e`mail.

Finally this week, a behind`the`scenes look at the

biggest travelling tourist attraction in the world. And, it is

not for the fainthearted. In fact, take this as a warning. Some of what

follows is pretty grizzly. With some trepidation, Christer travelled to

the border of Germany and Poland to meet the human exhibits of body

world. Visa hard economic times in this

little town, since German reunification and the collapse of

the textile and hat making industries here, unemployment has

hovered around 20%, almost four times the national average, and the

population in the last quarter century has almost halved. What this

place needs is an economic saviour, so what better than to become the

headquarters of a global tourism phenomena? One as fascinating as it

is macabre. Since it first launched in 2004,

Body Worlds, has attracted thousands of visitors. People pay handsomely

to see preserved human bodies, artfully displayed or sliced into

cross sections. It is at this old factory that they have made their

home, where many of the bodies, all freely donated of course, undergo

the process of cluster nation, where fat and water are removed and

replaced with silicon so the bodies can be preserved indefinitely. It

has provided 60 full`time jobs, and is now among the town's biggest

employers. For tourists, it offers an utterly unique attraction. Not

only can you wander through a permanent exhibition, but you can

see teams at work in the dissection room. Those with strong stomachs

can, believe it or not, take up a scalpel and join in. I'm glad to be

wearing this, it is a good idea. Some visitors a more enthusiastic

than others, it must be said. The doctor shows me how to remove

connective tissues to reveal muscle fibres, which will eventually be

displayed. It is a very strange and disquieting experience, and I am

mainly tried to keep my hands from shaking. What is interesting to me

is that tourists actually are able to come and participate in this.

People are getting excited to try to see the body. That is the only

opportunity for many people to try to work with the real, anatomical,

human tissues. For me, this raises questions about the ethics of

allowing tourists to get so hands`on in this process. Of course, wherever

it goes, controversy tends to follow. It is an easy topic where

people might be scared, not knowing what is I think this is what showed

here as well. Initially, when my father decided to come here, and we

came here, there were a lot of questions at protests when we opened

up. But the longer we are here, and people can come in and see what we

do, the less I hear about that. The process was developed by the man

nicknamed Doctor Death, who at the age of 69 is living with Parkinson's

disease, and is handing over the control of the company to his son,

among others. Perhaps not surprisingly, he is often asked if

he will one day donate his own body to the exhibition. Of course...

Giraffe is climbing trees, a parade of horses heads, and a parrot hiding

in an outhouse. It looks at the animal kingdom will provide rich

pickings in the near future. In fact, Doctor Van Hagen says his last

unresolved ambition is to see a blue whale. I think he's going to need a

bigger warehouse. Possibly not everyone's idea of a fun day out,

but if you are interested, the next exhibition is animal theme. It opens

in Germany later this month. That is your lot for this week. Coming up

next week... Join us in Japan, where calm and celebrate the 50th

anniversary of the world's first high`speed train. And, stopwatch in

hand, she goes behind the scenes with their high`speed cleaning

group. It is amazing how quickly these cleaners work, but it is not

just about cleaning. If they take longer than their allotted time,

this train could be late, and believe me, that is not an option

here in Japan. Join us for that if you can, and in the meantime, don't

forget we are all over social media. Our website is definitely worth

checking out. You can find details for that on your screen now. For me

and the team, it is Chow, oppressed. The weather is starting the weekend

on an energetic note, with the temperature and humidity building

over the near continent in the past couple of days, transforming into

thundery showers that will work their way across many parts of the

UK during Saturday. It will be a fairly slow process. It will always

be difficult to get the detail right, you can see