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Now on BBC News, it's time
for the Travel Show. | 0:00:01 | 0:00:03 | |
This week on the show: beefed up
security in the city of love. There | 0:00:09 | 0:00:15 | |
has not been at time when we have
felt unsafe. Birthday celebrations | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
in the basket country. We are ready
for the future. And how to stay in | 0:00:19 | 0:00:27 | |
London for a tenner a night. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:33 | |
First today we are in Paris. The
decades, the French capital has been | 0:00:50 | 0:00:57 | |
one of the most popular travel
destinations in the world. The city | 0:00:57 | 0:01:03 | |
tops many people's travel bucket
list and there are no shortage of | 0:01:03 | 0:01:09 | |
reasons why people are drawn here.
You have to visit Paris, the river, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:15 | |
everything, the history. Romance,
the atmosphere, the history, the | 0:01:15 | 0:01:20 | |
culture. The food, the people, the
culture, the arts. It is really not | 0:01:20 | 0:01:33 | |
difficult to see why people all in
love with Paris, the city is | 0:01:33 | 0:01:38 | |
spectacular and crammed with iconic
sites but last year the French | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
capital saw a drop of around 1.5
million visitors. The decline in | 0:01:42 | 0:01:48 | |
numbers of was mostly blamed on high
profile terrorist issues including | 0:01:48 | 0:01:55 | |
the attacks at Bataclan and across
the city. And the Charlie Hebdo | 0:01:55 | 0:02:04 | |
incidents. A staggering 41% fewer
Japanese tourists took trips last | 0:02:04 | 0:02:14 | |
year, according to official
statistics. All these has had a real | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
impact on the local economy,
particularly the businesses in the | 0:02:18 | 0:02:23 | |
areas near the attacks. I have come
to meet the manager of this bistro, | 0:02:23 | 0:02:31 | |
a short distance from the restaurant
were 19 and diners were killed | 0:02:31 | 0:02:37 | |
during the attack. What happened
here on the night of the attack? | 0:02:37 | 0:02:43 | |
Being so close to the attacks has
had a long-lasting impact on his | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
business. Was there a noticeable
deep in tourist numbers are you? -- | 0:03:15 | 0:03:36 | |
dip. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:41 | |
Have you changed anything about your
business, your approach, since that | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
time? | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
High-profile headlines about the
city have led some tourists to take | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
extreme measures to help them feel
safe when visiting. I have come to | 0:04:27 | 0:04:32 | |
the triangle door, one of the most
exclusive areas in Paris to meet | 0:04:32 | 0:04:38 | |
George, managing of a company that
offers personal bodyguards for | 0:04:38 | 0:04:44 | |
clients in cities around the world.
What kind of people gear have on | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
your client list? EU range from
foreign royals to corporate business | 0:04:49 | 0:04:55 | |
to music and film stars. Do you ever
get your average Joe wanting your | 0:04:55 | 0:05:02 | |
services? That has happened.
Terrorism is in the forefront of | 0:05:02 | 0:05:09 | |
everyone's mind so it is something
people react to and consequently | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
they require our services. It is not
cheap what we are very competitive | 0:05:13 | 0:05:18 | |
as a company within the sector and
you very much get what you pay for. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:23 | |
Why has your company recently opened
a new office in Paris? We were | 0:05:23 | 0:05:29 | |
experiencing a high volume of
enquiries, all the way back to the | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
Charlie Hebdo incident and things
that were shown in the media. A | 0:05:34 | 0:05:41 | |
personal bodyguard is clearly beyond
most of our travel budget and | 0:05:41 | 0:05:47 | |
statistically the chance of being
involved in a terrorist incident is | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
extremely low but the city is going
to great efforts to make tourists | 0:05:50 | 0:05:55 | |
feel safe. The mayor has published a
59 point plan to lure back tourists. | 0:05:55 | 0:06:01 | |
The reverse falling numbers but to
become the most visited city in the | 0:06:01 | 0:06:08 | |
world. It is currently in third
place hide Bangkok and London. As | 0:06:08 | 0:06:13 | |
well as improvements such as better
lighting and clean the streets, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
measures are put in place to improve
security across the city. The most | 0:06:18 | 0:06:23 | |
high profile project is at the
Eiffel Tower. Access is currently | 0:06:23 | 0:06:29 | |
restricted by these pretty ugly
barriers but construction on a 2.5 | 0:06:29 | 0:06:34 | |
metre glass high ball to protect
tourists with bullet proof walls | 0:06:34 | 0:06:43 | |
stopping vehicles from being able to
drive onto the site as well. Other | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
cities are following suit, to
protect tourists and hear | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
attractions. Temporary areas were
installed on bridges in London and | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
the Spanish government promised to
ramp up protection in Barcelona. It | 0:06:57 | 0:07:03 | |
really does not take long to spot an
increased police presence here in | 0:07:03 | 0:07:08 | |
Paris. Are these measures are
helping to reassure tourists about | 0:07:08 | 0:07:16 | |
their safety? There has not been a
time where we failed unsafe and we | 0:07:16 | 0:07:22 | |
have seen the Green Berets. It
affects the way I see masses so I | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
tried to avoid them. In the street I
have been a UCI lot of military | 0:07:26 | 0:07:33 | |
which helps you come down. -- you
see. As I walk, I feel more | 0:07:33 | 0:07:41 | |
comfortable though it is at the back
of your mind. Millions of euros are | 0:07:41 | 0:07:47 | |
being invested in the battle to
become the number one tourist | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
attraction. Renovations and new
attractions. These will become a | 0:07:50 | 0:08:02 | |
state-of-the-art theme park. So far
improve it and investments seem to | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
be working. Statistics for the first
half of 2017 showed Paris is on | 0:08:05 | 0:08:13 | |
track to reverse the downward
statistics. Will this be enough to | 0:08:13 | 0:08:19 | |
take the title? You can bet Bangkok
and London will be watching very | 0:08:19 | 0:08:26 | |
closely. We are heading to the
Middle East next where this week | 0:08:26 | 0:08:35 | |
global gourmet is cooking up
something spicy in Bahrain. I am the | 0:08:35 | 0:08:44 | |
chef and honour that the cafe of the
National Museum. Today I will cook | 0:08:44 | 0:08:51 | |
something dear to my heart, a local
dish, a curry which is basically a | 0:08:51 | 0:08:58 | |
distillation of all the cultures of
that have met through different | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
trade groups on the island. It is
usually made with many things but | 0:09:01 | 0:09:06 | |
today we are focusing on seafood and
I have chosen a very local white | 0:09:06 | 0:09:12 | |
fish that everybody loves and we
cook in a variety of ways but this | 0:09:12 | 0:09:19 | |
is my way. Am going to add the key,
clarified butter, to make the masala | 0:09:19 | 0:09:31 | |
with a cream base. -- ghee. I going
to add some masala, a local spice | 0:09:31 | 0:09:56 | |
mix, tumeric, some cummin. Give it a
quick mix, a little bit of ghee, | 0:09:56 | 0:10:14 | |
some chilli powder, a nice bright
red. I adding in the spice mix to | 0:10:14 | 0:10:22 | |
the pace. I will pour some stock.
This is a traditional cooking pot. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:36 | |
The fish is a local fish. There you
have it, a local dish. Still to | 0:10:58 | 0:11:18 | |
come... Simon is back having a look
through his travel inbox. This time | 0:11:18 | 0:11:23 | |
had to stay in London for less and
can you take your own booze on a | 0:11:23 | 0:11:30 | |
cruise? And we are in northern Spain
is one of its best-known landmarks | 0:11:30 | 0:11:35 | |
celebrates its 20th birthday. I
cannot believe this. I do not | 0:11:35 | 0:11:40 | |
believe I've seen so many people in
the one place. The travel show, your | 0:11:40 | 0:11:46 | |
essential guide wherever you are
headed. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:54 | |
Welcome to the slice of the show
that tackles your questions about | 0:12:00 | 0:12:05 | |
travel. A place to stay in London
and the less than £10 per person per | 0:12:05 | 0:12:11 | |
night and the tricky business of
bringing your alcohol on board a | 0:12:11 | 0:12:16 | |
cruise ship. Firstly travel to the
Chinese capital. Beijing giant | 0:12:16 | 0:12:22 | |
Shanghai in offering a transit
permit that allows visitors to stay | 0:12:22 | 0:12:29 | |
144 hours so long as they meet the
right conditions. Surprisingly, Hong | 0:12:29 | 0:12:38 | |
Kong is allowed. You are not allowed
to stray too far from the capital | 0:12:38 | 0:12:45 | |
although a stretch on the great Wall
is allowed. Next,... One country | 0:12:45 | 0:13:01 | |
stands out, Tunisia where you will
find winter sunshine and a deep and | 0:13:01 | 0:13:07 | |
fascinating history and friendly
welcoming people. Since the | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
terrorist attack in the south and
15, this nation was a no-go list for | 0:13:11 | 0:13:18 | |
tourist but it is now open the
business once more. Base yourself at | 0:13:18 | 0:13:24 | |
a resort and use at the excellent
rail system. You may want to explore | 0:13:24 | 0:13:31 | |
the desert landscape so consider
signing up for a trip into the | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
Sahara as well as a visit to one of
the holiest Islamic shrines but | 0:13:35 | 0:13:42 | |
check the latest advice before you
book and travel. Next... | 0:13:42 | 0:13:48 | |
Accommodation is the big problem,
central London is one of the world's | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
more expensive places to find a
hotel but happily, at some hostels, | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
a family of six can stay the less
than £10 per person per night which | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
is around $80 all told. Try to stay
close to each up station you can | 0:14:08 | 0:14:13 | |
into the world's oldest underground
railway to explore the capital with | 0:14:13 | 0:14:19 | |
the benefit of up to four children
under 11 can travel in with a | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
farepaying travel across or not.
London has some of the world's most | 0:14:22 | 0:14:28 | |
family friendly museums and the
majority are free. Doug is planning | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
a cruise with P and O and wants to
know: cruise lines make very good | 0:14:32 | 0:14:39 | |
profits from selling alcohol on
board and therefore many are like | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
ten to let you bring more than a
single bottle of wine. Happily, some | 0:14:42 | 0:14:48 | |
of them are more relaxed, including
a and O cruises. --P and O. They | 0:14:48 | 0:14:54 | |
say: | 0:14:54 | 0:14:55 | |
so what constitutes a small,
reasonable amount? A case may | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
encounter problems. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:07 | |
But picking up a bottle or two at
ports of call is perfectly | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
acceptable. You can even take wine
into the restaurant and pay a | 0:15:15 | 0:15:21 | |
corkage fee of £15. Which can work
out a good deal compared with on | 0:15:21 | 0:15:25 | |
board prices. Whether you are
contemplating a trip to the nation | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
next door or the ends of the earth,
I'm here to help the e-mail your | 0:15:29 | 0:15:33 | |
question. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:34 | |
I will do my best to find you and
other. From me, Simon Calder, the | 0:15:36 | 0:15:44 | |
guru, see you next time. The Spain
next and Bilbao on its northern | 0:15:44 | 0:15:53 | |
coast is celebrating something of an
anniversary this year. 20 years ago, | 0:15:53 | 0:15:58 | |
one controversial building appeared
that would utterly change the town's | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
fortunes forever. We sent Keith
Wallace to the Basque country to see | 0:16:01 | 0:16:06 | |
the birthday celebrations. It's been
two decades since the Guggenheim | 0:16:06 | 0:16:11 | |
Museum appeared in the Spanish port
city of Bilbao. Its arrival | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
kickstarted the transformation of a
declining industrial town into the | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
home of nickname art and and people
started coming into hundreds of | 0:16:18 | 0:16:23 | |
thousands every year. But first and
foremost they came to the | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
Guggenheim. From titanium limestone
and class, the building is supposed | 0:16:27 | 0:16:32 | |
to look completely different from
whichever angle you see it. Part of | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
the reason the building looks so
striking is that they have -- clad | 0:16:36 | 0:16:41 | |
in these titanium sheets and we're
only half a millimetre which creates | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
the kind of rumpled organic effect.
They say it looks white fish scales | 0:16:44 | 0:16:49 | |
but it also looks like they have
cracked the building in tinfoil. It | 0:16:49 | 0:16:53 | |
looks like a rounded sandwich.
Inside, the permanent collection now | 0:16:53 | 0:16:59 | |
host works from artists like Andy
Warhol, Sean Michel Basquiat and | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
Pycroft. -- gene. This is an
adventure. I wasn't expecting this. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:12 | |
Where are you taking me. -- Mark
Rothko. But the favourite of the man | 0:17:12 | 0:17:19 | |
who was from this place from the
beginning is this. It reflects very | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
well the spirit of this museum. It
is a work which was done | 0:17:23 | 0:17:27 | |
specifically for the space. It is
also, it gives you the possibility | 0:17:27 | 0:17:32 | |
of experience in time as you walk
through them. Described to me what | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
it was like in 97 when this was
opening. How are you feeling? An | 0:17:36 | 0:17:41 | |
exciting moment to see the museum
was finally going to be opened to | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
the public and be visited. The port
was already living this piece | 0:17:45 | 0:17:50 | |
because they were expanding into the
harbour this is mostly marginal | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
space, not really open, but it was
really open to the city centre and | 0:17:53 | 0:18:01 | |
thought of a scar in the middle of
the city. What would Bilbao be like | 0:18:01 | 0:18:05 | |
if you suck the Guggenheim out?
Difficult to say, a different city | 0:18:05 | 0:18:10 | |
the shore, we know who displayed the
city and more cosmopolitan and open | 0:18:10 | 0:18:14 | |
city. Bilbao actually has two big
landmarks and the other one tells a | 0:18:14 | 0:18:22 | |
story about what the city used to
be. This is the sky bridge which was | 0:18:22 | 0:18:32 | |
completed in 1893 and was the
world's first transporter bridge, | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
designed to use a hanging gondola to
get you across the river. The | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
results are a great view from the
top. It is considered the most | 0:18:39 | 0:18:45 | |
important industrial monument in
Spain. It is UNESCO listed because | 0:18:45 | 0:18:49 | |
of its beauty and functionality. But
from the top, from this walkway, you | 0:18:49 | 0:18:55 | |
get a sense that that is the port of
Bilbao that is the Bay of Biscay and | 0:18:55 | 0:19:00 | |
the old days, the port used to run
all the way down this Bankside to | 0:19:00 | 0:19:04 | |
several miles long. It was the
biggest port in Spain, the big Spain | 0:19:04 | 0:19:08 | |
of its day. Very different Bilbao
from what we have today. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:16 | |
This lady worked in a factory in the
pre- Guggenheim years but these days | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
she runs tours around places like
the old quarter are no other reason | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
than her love for her city. Are you
going to do this? I am feeding the | 0:19:30 | 0:19:35 | |
frog. This is the game of the frog,
a busk thing. On its mouth, don't | 0:19:35 | 0:19:41 | |
spin it. That's one. What did you
make of the plans of the Guggenheim | 0:19:41 | 0:19:48 | |
when you first saw the more those
years ago? Well, we were told that | 0:19:48 | 0:19:52 | |
the Guggenheim was going to drive
the economy of the place. At that | 0:19:52 | 0:19:57 | |
time, we couldn't understand what
they meant by that. And we said it | 0:19:57 | 0:20:02 | |
was a museum going to drive the
economy of a place? No way! So we | 0:20:02 | 0:20:08 | |
were demonstrating against the
construction of the museum, but the | 0:20:08 | 0:20:13 | |
reality after 20 years is that the
city is much better. We are happy. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:19 | |
And, yes, the museum put the name of
Bilbao on the map. As a thank you to | 0:20:19 | 0:20:26 | |
the people hear the museum has been
putting on something of a show | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
during its anniversary week. I don't
think I've ever seen so many people | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
in one place. It demonstrates how
big of a deal this has been. They | 0:20:34 | 0:20:40 | |
estimate around half a million
people turned out over the four days | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
and in the city of 350,000, but is
quite a few extra bodies. Come on, | 0:20:44 | 0:20:52 | |
let's get settled and get the best
seats in the house. OK, OK. The show | 0:20:52 | 0:21:01 | |
traces two decades of the town's
history from the end of its industry | 0:21:01 | 0:21:05 | |
to its rebirth as a centre of
creativity and it features one of | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
its most famous residents. The
spider! The mother! The spider! | 0:21:09 | 0:21:18 | |
What the scene that make you feel
about Bilbao now? Over a proud of my | 0:21:24 | 0:21:29 | |
city and I think that with this kind
of show, it is proving that the | 0:21:29 | 0:21:35 | |
difficult times... Throw-in all the
factories were closed, right now I | 0:21:35 | 0:21:41 | |
can tell you that Bilbao is
beautiful, Bilbao is ready for the | 0:21:41 | 0:21:46 | |
future, but it isn't only the
Guggenheim, the one is much more | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
than the Guggenheim, especially the
people. Impressive stuff from Bilbao | 0:21:50 | 0:21:59 | |
were the Guggenheim is marking its
20th anniversary. That's all we have | 0:21:59 | 0:22:03 | |
time for a coming up next week: 100
years since the United States and | 0:22:03 | 0:22:10 | |
the World War I, which rebel south
of Washington, DC and discover the | 0:22:10 | 0:22:15 | |
ghost fleet of the Potomac. And the
remains of the ships that helped win | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
the war. It's pretty cool to be able
to touch something that is a part of | 0:22:19 | 0:22:24 | |
American history and this wreck is
nearly 100 years old. These ships | 0:22:24 | 0:22:29 | |
were involved in saving the world
from totalitarianism. So do the onus | 0:22:29 | 0:22:40 | |
then if you can and in the meantime
don't forget you can keep up with us | 0:22:40 | 0:22:44 | |
while we are out on the world in
real-time by searching up to our | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
social media feeds. Details are on
the screen. From me and off the rest | 0:22:48 | 0:22:52 | |
of the team here in Paris, goodbye. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 |