German/French documentary about the problems of over-tourism on the Camino

[AchimBerlin]

There's a new 30-Minute documentary on German/French arts and culture channel "arte" which deals with the ever growing attraction of the Camino and the burden of over-tourism on the inhabitants of Santiago. It follows a group of young pilgrims who went all the way on the Frances and how they experience the last stages from Sarria. It also portrays legendary hospitalero Jesús from Albergue Ave Feníx in Villafranca del Bierzo.
The docu is with French or German commentary only, but you can switch to a mixed language version where you hear the interviewees talking English and Spanish, subtitles in German and Polish as well.

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www.arte.tv

 

[domigee]

Thank you for this, I am going to watch it!

 

[Pafayac]

I saw this documentary. It is a useful remembering of known problems and it should involve us in the research of solutions in order to avoir the saturation of the Camino, especially on the last 100 kms.
One point is that we, pilgrims, are a part of this problem, as somebody remembered us a few months ago...
Therefore, according to me, there are at this point 2 ways of exploring:
- Choosing other caminos (Via Francigena, Olaf pilgrimage, Via de Assisi...)
- Discouraging tour-operators and all the business around the Camino.