In the year of travel bans, tourists threaten Taiwan islanders’ way of life
Unexpected surge in visitors prompt desperate plea from Tao people to save their way of life and ecological balance
While 2020 will be remembered by many as a year of travel bans and cancelled holidays, the indigenous Tao people of Orchid Island will remember it as the year unprecedented numbers of visitors descended on their once tranquil home...
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