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Thrills at Europa Park, even on New Year's Eve. Celebrate Korea's Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters, as Singapore pursues longevity and Jakarta recycles textiles.
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00:00For thousands of years, fireworks have been used to say goodbye to the past year and banish evil spirits.
00:09In Germany, the last day of December is called Sylvester, after a pope from the 4th century.
00:15And with people around the world now ringing in the new year on that date, fireworks are in global demand.
00:22Many Asian countries follow a different calendar to Europe,
00:25but they likewise have countless light shows, pyrotechnics and parties on December 31st.
00:31A special place for celebrating New Year's Eve in Germany is Europapark, an adventure land for young and old alike.
00:42Also on Made This Week...
00:44K-Pop Demon Hunters, the smash Netflix hit from South Korea.
00:48Singapore, a government program for longevity and...
00:53Jakarta.
00:55Recycled art and sustainable fashion.
01:09There's a friendly mouse.
01:11There's the crazy rides.
01:13There's twists and turns.
01:15There's the quaint, the classics and the clowns.
01:19There's lots of music and monster rides.
01:26And while roller coasters are most fun on the way down, for years the business of this particular theme park has only gone up.
01:35This is the economics of Europapark.
01:38Welcome to Europe, a small but high adrenaline version of it.
01:46On 95 hectares outside the town of Rust in southern Germany, you can find a bit of Spain, a little Scandinavia, some Greek mythology and of course Switzerland with the elves.
01:59And while riding this double-decker bus might not satisfy true fans of London, a real visit to all the countries across Europe would take some time and a big wallet.
02:12Not to mention the geopolitical troubles.
02:22At Europapark daily tickets start at 64 euros.
02:26And then there's a few add-ons.
02:27There's 10 euros for parking.
02:29There's a few hundred euros if you want to stay overnight at one of the park's six hotels.
02:35Then there's a few bucks for your quick food and drinks on the go.
02:41And of course there's super upscale dining.
02:44And don't miss the waterpark.
02:51A family of four can easily spend four digits on a weekend at Europe's most popular amusement park.
02:57And over six million visitors were being welcomed last year.
03:01All bringing the park a total estimated annual revenue in the hundreds of millions of euros.
03:07Exact numbers are not being made available as the park is privately held.
03:13That's a lot of money and it's spreading far beyond the borders of the actual park.
03:18A recent study by the University of St. Gallen found that at least 550 companies are major suppliers to the Europapark.
03:27150 of them can be found nearby.
03:30Among them are a local brewery, vineyards, grocery suppliers or the Armbruster Bakery, which is delivering thousands of bread buns every day.
03:40Not to mention a hundred cakes for the park's hotels and restaurants.
03:46The bakery has been doing business with the park for 50 years.
03:50And the boss says the park alone accounts for 20 to 30 jobs.
03:55The Europapark is here for us.
03:58The Europapark is our most important regional client.
04:01A really big client.
04:02We have their entire cake business.
04:06We're selling a lot of bread and buns.
04:08If you look at daily visitor numbers, maybe 30,000 visitors per day,
04:14pretty much a third of them will have one of our products.
04:17Then there's contractors working behind the scenes, like a local construction company.
04:28They've built the park's little Portugal, France, Croatia, Ireland and the water park.
04:34Their current project, a new hotel with 120 rooms.
04:38It's part of the park's western village and will open next season.
04:42The park has certainly played a huge role in the development of our company over the past 20 years.
04:50Even when the construction business was down, the park was always building something.
04:55We have 170 employees now.
04:57And without the park it would be 20 or 30 fewer.
05:00They're often good for 20% of our revenue.
05:03There's even jobs at the periphery, with dozens of private hotels and guest rooms,
05:11benefiting from the fact that the park is attracting visitors from all over the world
05:15for a total of 2.5 million overnight stays per year.
05:19Within the park or outside, the Swiss studies says that the park is directly supporting almost 10,000 jobs.
05:25Add to that up to 5,000 at the park itself, even if some of them are seasonal.
05:31Half a century ago, the park started as an exhibition area for amusement park rides,
05:38manufactured by the local Muck family, to date the owners of the park.
05:43Their company Muck Rides has long outgrown the home market,
05:46designing and building some of the biggest roller coasters for parks around the world,
05:51including in China, Australia, the United States, the Arab world and of course Europe.
05:57Each of them with an eight-digit price tag and going as high as 50 million euros.
06:03Although the firm doesn't publish exact numbers.
06:06Today customers are coming from all over the world.
06:12They're riding these roller coasters, testing them, they can talk to visitors, inspect the technology.
06:19That's a huge competitive advantage, even in a global market.
06:23Looking at such a big investment, often in the tens of millions,
06:27it's easier for clients to make a purchasing decision after they've actually tested the ride they might want to buy.
06:33To keep the business going, the park does what every great business does – invest.
06:40We're investing tens of millions of euros every year, and we'll keep doing that in future.
06:49A lot of it the customer doesn't even realize.
06:53A company like ours needs infrastructure, cafeterias, restaurants.
06:59We have a corporate fire brigade with 60 firemen and a landscaping department.
07:05And we're constantly building housing for our thousands of employees.
07:12For fans, there's new thrills every year.
07:15Not that recent additions like the record-breaking Voltron or the Blue Fire Mega Coaster ever go out of style.
07:22Fortunately for the park and the hundreds of businesses in its billion-euro-plus value chain,
07:28there's always room for a bit more Europe here.
07:37Series with a cult following and blockbuster films are celebrated as well.
07:41More and more fans follow in the footsteps of their stars, visiting sets and filming locations.
07:49Tour operators offer trips and merchandise.
07:54It's not only Harry Potter fans who get their money's worth.
07:58In South Korea, too, the Netflix series K-Pop Demon Hunters has become a gigantic hit.
08:04For fans, there's fashion, street food, and lots to discover.
08:11The Netflix hit K-Pop Demon Hunters is breaking viewer records and driving new demand for all things Korean.
08:19Samsung Sea and Tea Resort's Everland, South Korea's largest theme park, opened a K-Pop Demon Hunters exhibit this fall.
08:27Even the youngest fan can tell you why the film is attracting such interest.
08:32I think people are eating Korean food or like Korean culture,
08:38because in the movie they eat Korean food or know Korean culture more,
08:43and they want to see in the real place if they're real or fake.
08:48The Everland Netflix deal follows the film's record-breaking summer box office receipts,
08:53which made it the most popular Netflix film of all time.
08:57To working with Netflix on a couple of projects last year,
09:01we reached out mid-July and have coordinated with Netflix Korea and their U.S. headquarters.
09:06We plan to create more K-Culture zones or experiential spaces in the future.
09:13Tourism to South Korea has risen more than 20% this year,
09:18with forecasts pointing to more than 20 million visits,
09:21many inspired by the K-Pop Demon Hunter phenomenon.
09:25I've seen K-Pop Demon Hunters a few times, loved it.
09:29It's kind of been fun throughout our trip, being able to spot things throughout the movie,
09:34and it helped us kind of connect to the city and the culture a bit more.
09:38Nakasan Park is one of several real-world historic sites featured in K-Pop Demon Hunters.
09:44Alongside the fashion, food, and music also portrayed in the film,
09:48it's part of a wider cultural package that many fans are experiencing on their own.
09:53I think a lot of K-Pop fans actually are first K-Pop fans,
09:57but then you never stop here.
09:59Then you're into K-food, skincare, K-drama.
10:04It always builds up, and a lot of people like me then are like,
10:07OK, I want to learn the language, or maybe even study in Korea, or maybe even work in Korea.
10:14Experts see the success of streaming productions like K-Pop Demon Hunters broadening the country's cultural appeal.
10:21With the traditional platform that is television network and cable television network,
10:28the genres that could be shown on television were very limited, you know, romance dramas, family dramas,
10:37at best, you know, gang dramas, right?
10:40But with Netflix, the boundaries have been totally, you know, opened wide.
10:48And on the business side, commercial tie-ins are expansive,
10:52some merchandising products are big sellers,
10:55and noodles K-Pop Demon Hunters Ramayan are often sold out.
11:05Many people make resolutions for the new year.
11:08Maybe to live more healthily, eat better, and exercise more.
11:12Or simply take time to really relax.
11:17But you may want to take a longer-term view.
11:21Extending life is a goal more and more people share.
11:25And there's now an entire industry for it.
11:29Like in Singapore.
11:30Singapore.
11:38At age 53, Singaporean Tiat Lin has a physique many men half his age would envy.
11:45A traumatic experience 10 years ago triggered a transformation.
11:49Well, I guess it was the wake-up call when my father died of a heart attack in his late 60s.
11:56He didn't make it into 70.
11:59That led Tiat down a road towards heavy lifting and high reps daily.
12:04His purpose?
12:05To stay healthy for as long as he can.
12:08Maximizing what's referred to in medical circles as your health span.
12:12Most Singaporeans will experience at least 10 years of disease span.
12:15Usually it's the tail end, the last 10 years, the marginal decade of their lives.
12:19Let's say from 70 to 80, for instance.
12:22So, first and foremost, I do not want to have any disease span whatsoever.
12:25Nil is what the result I'm going for.
12:28If by doing so my lifespan also increases, great.
12:34Dedication to the cause led Tiat to turn this into a full-time business.
12:39This isn't just a gym.
12:41It's also Tiat's home where he helps other Singaporeans who similarly aspire to live longer, healthier lives.
12:48But it's not just about looks and staying in shape.
12:50Besides strength conditioning, Tiat takes a scientific approach to what he does.
12:55Meticulously measuring what are known as biomarkers like the health of his arteries, kidneys and liver.
13:01And weighing them up against people who are much younger.
13:04Including his younger self, pictured here as a young officer completing national service.
13:08I would say that that guy could outrun me for sure.
13:13But every other metric like strength for instance or endurance etc.
13:17I would crush that guy.
13:19So, I actually feel that I am 29, you know, biologically speaking.
13:26Tiat, who calls himself the de-aging guru, is part of a booming longevity industry.
13:32Spanning biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, it's a market expected to hit $600 billion this year, compared to just $25 billion in 2020.
13:42It's been popularized by the American entrepreneur Brian Johnson, whose pursuit of life extension has captured global attention.
13:49More recently, Chinese leader Xi Jinping was caught discussing the possibility of living till 150 with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a grand military parade.
14:02That's also stirred talk about medical and healthcare advances that might make living that long a reality.
14:08Because of all that interest in that space, there are a lot of people now saying that if you're born in 2025 or, you know, 2020 onwards, living to 100 is actually going to be just common.
14:21Right, so that's the figure that people are putting out there.
14:24Dr. Fung Chin Yun is the founder of Osla Health, one of a growing number of longevity clinics in Singapore.
14:31At the heart of its practice is a shift from healthcare into so-called preventative care.
14:35In other words, to prevent diseases associated with aging rather than treating them.
14:41Like Tiat Lin, Osla Health puts an emphasis on measuring biomarkers.
14:46They're used to tailor programs specific to each patient.
14:50So you can get quite granular.
14:53For example, let's start with the lifestyle pillars.
14:55You can actually measure the impact of the amount of alcohol you drink, how you exercise, how you eat, environmental pollutants and actually measure that impact on you, on an individual based on your genes.
15:12Besides lifestyle interventions to manage things like diet, sleep and exercise, longevity healthcare can also include different therapies as well as stem cell treatment.
15:21Still, critics of the industry say there's no clear evidence that all of these can improve long-term outcomes for otherwise healthy people.
15:30But data suggest life expectancy is something that can be proactively managed.
15:36Since 1960, lifetime expectancy in Singapore has risen by about 20 years.
15:41Today, the average person here can expect to live till around 86.
15:47And the city-state's been dubbed a Blue Zone 2.0.
15:51Blue zones refer to regions where a high percentage of people live exceptionally long lives.
15:56According to experts, Singapore stands apart because longevity is the result of government policy rather than long-established cultural traditions.
16:04Several factors such as high-quality healthcare, promoting healthy diets and exercise play a part.
16:11But it demonstrates there is science behind anti-aging.
16:15And that's enabling the longevity industry to thrive.
16:17Even if you always do everything right, so you can live as long as a tortoise, sometimes you can still feel burned out, tired, stressed and unmotivated.
16:34That can even happen when you're young.
16:38But that's no reason to give up, not even if you've gone bankrupt.
16:45In the next segment, we show you how a very young entrepreneur managed to keep going.
16:54I'm living proof of being able to make great money from a six-hour workday, while also having enough leisure time to enjoy life.
17:01She was 14 when she started a business degree, and 16 when she founded her first company.
17:08I'm Mona Gazi, and I started my second company when I was 18.
17:12And had two college degrees by the age of 20.
17:16But then…
17:18I had a burnout.
17:20But remarkably, she founded her third company at age 22.
17:22Being able to study and set up a company at that age was really liberating.
17:31I had the privilege of knowing early on what I wanted to do.
17:35I just couldn't wait to get started.
17:40While her first company flopped, she was able to sell the second at a decent profit,
17:46and then developed an app for lifelong learning and in-company training.
17:50Entrepreneurship for me means creating something out of nothing and solving problems for people.
18:02And having that huge freedom, both creatively and how I shape my own life too.
18:11A truly precocious talent, and one who's already working on her doctorate while running her own company.
18:18Being a highly talented individual with a very high IQ obviously helps when it comes to career advancement.
18:30But, as with anyone else, working too hard can lead to burnout syndrome.
18:35And I remember a feeling to myself that I'm not good enough. I doubted myself.
18:42That experience was the inspiration for a new business idea.
18:47Providing mental health support for other entrepreneurs like Lee-Joon Leibold.
18:51A three-month course costs two and a half thousand euros.
18:56But, is a 22-year-old really in a position to provide coaching?
19:00Just look at her track record and the fact that she'd already quit at so young an age.
19:07Founding her first company when she was 16 is way ahead of me.
19:10And, of course, Gazi's services are available online.
19:17Normally, coaching is one-on-one.
19:21But there are a range of issues where a group approach works really well too on that journey.
19:27Taking time out is crucial, but she doesn't feel like networking is really work.
19:32It's great just knowing I belong, that I've been able to establish myself and be part of this ecosystem.
19:45Mona Gazi knows she's benefited from a lot of luck over the years.
19:50She has supportive parents and investors interested in her work.
19:54She's not a millionaire yet, but she's well on the way.
20:02It's tough to become a millionaire by recycling clothes.
20:07Yet that's actually the most sensible thing you can do with old garments.
20:12And maybe that's exactly the resolution you should make for the new year.
20:17Buy fewer clothes and shop at recycling or second-hand shops to extend the lifespan of textiles.
20:25Intan Agita Pratiwe has not only made a career out of it, but also a statement.
20:33At that point, I especially want to spend 30 years of inaud declaration.
20:43So I was born in the military of stereo.
20:47So I think the ones I was able to pay attention to my sister if I gave attention to my preachers.
20:50But aside when I had a part-time, I still helped run riding an experiment with their kit.
20:56With two hands-ups coming toき, I took my Dion's European Journal.
21:00leich with my neredänger's musste for retail-off patrim,
21:01When I was a kid, I was a kid.
21:03I was a kid.
21:06I was a kid.
21:08I was a kid, I was a kid, I was a kid.
21:10So, it's like, oh, sustainable fashion from a kid,
21:13it's already been a kid.
21:19I'm Anton Anggita Pratiwi from Indonesia.
21:23I'm a sustainable fashion researcher.
21:27Orang-orang bisa mendonasikan pakaian-pakaian yang tidak terpakai
21:32untuk aku perpanjang usia pakaian tersebut.
21:35Nanti jadinya bisa jadi ready to wear,
21:38ataupun menjadi barang yang sebenarnya itu menjadi,
21:42ada nilai estetikanya.
21:48Kenapa saya sangat berminat sekali di sustainable fashion?
21:51Karena sebenarnya permasalahan yang terbesar sekarang itu adalah
21:57isu sampah.
22:02Bukan cuma masalah diri kita pribadi,
22:04dan itu butuh kesadaran kolektif.
22:06Saat tahun 2018 saya memiliki Stali bersama Andin Aisyah,
22:12Aku ingin supaya Stali itu menjadi sebuah wadah
22:16memperkenalkan sustainable fashion supaya lebih inklusif.
22:20Tidak hanya eksklusif,
22:22dan juga bisa merata,
22:24dan semua orang juga terjangkau dengan sustainable fashion itu.
22:27Jadi ketika tahun 2022 saya melakukan riset
22:39perjalanan dari Jakarta, Sumba, Jakarta,
22:41dan menemukan ternyata di Indonesia itu
22:44root sustainable fashion itu lumayan mengakar.
22:47Ada pewarna alami, ada pembatik, ada penenun,
22:51semuanya itu seniman wasraf bisa menjadi infrastruktur
22:54dari sustainable fashion.
22:57Memelakukan semacam pendampingan bersama ibu-ibu penjahit,
23:12kita bekerja sama dengan Dinas Tenaga Kerja Jakarta,
23:15dan juga para penjahit-penjahit permak yang ada di Jakarta Selatan.
23:20Lalu kita mencoba untuk memberikan mereka pekerjaan
23:27yang layak bekerja sama dengan brand lokal,
23:30bekerja sama dengan bahkan manufacturing fast fashion
23:35yang punya pra-waist yang belum di-post-consume,
23:40itu bisa diolah waste-nya sama kita.
23:43Kita juga nggak against fast fashion,
23:50tapi kita memberikan solusi untuk fast fashion,
23:53dan juga kita bisa memberikan pendalaman-pendalaman
23:57apa sih yang dibutuhkan, kesejahteraan,
23:59labor seperti apa,
24:01dan juga bagaimana mereka mengelola sampah,
24:03itu bisa kami bantu semuanya.
24:05Untuk lebih meratakan misi setali,
24:21kami membagi menjadi tiga bagian.
24:23Yang pertama adalah edukasi,
24:25jadi kami masuk ke kampus-kampus,
24:27aku menjadi dosen tamu di fakultas-fakultas fashion.
24:31Dan yang kedua itu tuh pameran.
24:40Pameran juga aku pameran di ruang publik,
24:44di mall, atau di pasar,
24:47atau di taman-taman yang ada di tengah kota,
24:51atau masuk galeri juga.
24:57Dan yang terakhir, kita punya Fabric Labs,
25:00di mana Fabric Labs itu kita membuat new material
25:04dari residu upcycling sisa-sisa pembuatan daur ulang kami.
25:15Ataupun bisa swipe juga sama teman-teman kamu,
25:18terus juga kamu bisa mulai belajar untuk memperpanjang usia pakaian,
25:23bikin workshop-workshop upcycling bersama teman-teman,
25:27atau ikut setali juga bisa.
25:28Dan yang terakhir juga kamu harus berani memulai.
25:32Karena kalau direncanakan tidak memulai,
25:34itu mau kapan lagi?
25:41That was our new year's edition of MADE,
25:43DW's business magazine.
25:45From family fun at Europa Park,
25:47to a Netflix series from South Korea with a cult following,
25:51to perspectives on a longer life in Singapore,
25:53and finally, textile recycling in Jakarta.
25:56Happy New Year!
25:57Happy New Year!
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