# Post-Pandemic Paradise in Rapa Nui

- Institution: TED
- Department: Far Flung
- Speaker: Far Flung
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/far_flung_post_pandemic_paradise_in_rapa_nui)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What happens to a tourist paradise when no one shows up to visit? Rapa Nui, known to many as Easter Island, typically welcomes more than 120,000 visitors each year—which is a lot for a place with only 10,000 residents. After COVID-19 shuts down flights to this remote island, citizens reimagine what their lives, their livelihood, and their home can be without tourism—and dream of what a post-pandemic paradise economy might look like. (Audio Only)

## Lectures

1. [Post-Pandemic Paradise in Rapa Nui](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/far_flung_post_pandemic_paradise_in_rapa_nui/a0463b5f7886), 43 min (TED's player)