Paradise lost

Palau seeks to curb Chinese tourist inflows as visitors oversaturate its attractions. Erik Nilsson and Yang Feiyue report.

Palau plans to halve charter flights from China next month, as it deliberates measures to subside the tourism tide that has surged into a tidal wave over the past year.

The tiny Micronesian-island nation of 18,000 people is straining to absorb the deluge of visitors washing over its shores. Tourists increased 34 percent to 141,000 last year, Agence France-Presse reports.