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Welcome to east Timor, one of the world's newest countries, and for the intrepid few an emerging tourism destination with unspoiled natural beauty.

And I just booked 2 weeks' holiday here I went for 3 or 4 dives and I think it took us 36 hours to make up our minds that this would be where we would hope to spend the rest of our lives. We were absolutely stunned by the quality of the marine life here, the healthy coral, the lack of environmental damage and a huge diversity of marine life.

Hundreds of fish species have been recorded in east Timor's waters, a diversity that's enhanced by having very deep water so close to shore. East Timor is a former war zone and lacks a lot of basic infrastructure. After east Timor's vote for independence in 1999, Indonesia militias rampaged through the island. The subsequent recovery effort has been painfully slow. There are many changes to be made of tourism run by expatriates is to boost East Timor's meager economy. The government is anxious that new tourism developments don't ruin East Timor's greatest asset/, its natural beauty.

We are still developing policies and regulations in relation to say the environment, for example, environment protection. So what they should do is they should be very careful to talk to / government and not to move ahead without government and local administration knowing exactly what they're doing and they're getting if go ahead.

So, as this new nation struggles to build its economy, it bases an age-old predicament, how to make the most of its natural assets without destroying them in the process.

east Timor     intrepid无畏的, 勇猛的 marine海的, 海产的 coral,珊瑚, 珊瑚虫
infrastructure.：社会或社区正常运作所需要的基本设施，服务和安装设备等，如交通与通信系统，水与电力供给线，以及学校、邮局和监狱等公共机构
militia民兵   rampage暴跳；横冲直撞：狂野地或猛烈地到处移动   subsequent 后来的, 并发的
recovery 恢复, 痊愈,   expatriate移居国外者   boost推进   meager匮乏的
predicament, 困境，苦处：令人不快、麻烦或艰难并难以摆脱的境况   assets 资产

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