The fire around the world of this fairy profession

Once, Dora had one of the happiest careers in the world - an island development experience...

It was a coincidence that Dora became an island developer. Dora had not yet graduated from college and was looking for an internship. A company specializing in in-depth island travel found out that Dora loved diving and contacted her.

Because of her love for diving and the ocean, Dora chose to work for the company as an island travel developer instead of looking for an internship that would make her resume look better like other students did.

In less than a year, Dora had completed the discovery of about 100 islands, both online and offline, covering eight off-the-beaten-path islands.

Although Dora has now changed jobs, she still remembers the experience of working as an island developer.

Years have passed and Dora has left the company and changed jobs, but she will always remember the time when she encountered small sharks playing freely, colorful underwater coral bushes, rare devil fish, and poisonous lizards at Angel Island Shoal in the waters of Flores, Indonesia; she will also never forget those moments when she encountered storms and got wet throughout the trip, as well as the thrill of not being able to return to the starting point due to too much wind and waves while snorkeling and being swept away by waves while shooting. I will never forget those moments when I encountered storms and got wet during the whole trip those moments when I couldn't return to my home point because of the wind and waves during snorkeling, and when I went out to the sea to take pictures, I was directly washed away by the waves.

The island development experience.

Not just a publicly funded trip

Dora was not born with a passion for diving and the ocean, but like many people, she was afraid of the sea. It wasn't until a year later that Dora finally overcame her inner fears and got her diving license in Malaysia.

Dora was not born with a passion for diving and the ocean, and like many others, she had a fear of the sea.

Diving has given her a whole new perspective on the world. "In the ocean, all I hear is my breathing. Everything in front of me is completely different from what I see on land, it's a new world." Dora said.

With the intention of "traveling and diving at public expense," Dora became an island development experience teacher. But she soon discovered that the job was not as easy as she had imagined.

Island Development Experiencers are required to search the world to find the cold islands that are neglected by the domestic tourism market. They have to collect information online, learn about cold and niche islands through search engines, maps, travel information, travel bloggers, and other channels, then communicate with island owners and try to reach preliminary cooperation intentions.

The job of an Island Development Experiencer is not just about traveling around, but also about the various trivial preparations in the early stages.

After that, the Island Developer needs to visit these islands in a short period. According to Dora's recollection, a visit to an island usually takes about two days. She and her accompanying photographer usually arrive by an early flight and work late into the night photographing sunrise, sunset, and starry sky.

During this time, she also needs to make further contact with the island owner, take photos, complete experience reports, and tips, and record a lot of details about the whole process of visiting the island, including information about the island's transportation connection, accommodation, entertainment programs, and local cuisine.

"The island development experience master has to be extremely empathetic and must also be a detail-oriented person," Dora said. Whether the height of the boat is suitable for the elderly and children to board, whether the food is too international for the oriental appetite, which colors of flowers are open in a particular season, and which colors are appropriate to wear when taking photos are all details that an Island Development Experiencer has to pay attention to and record.

The Island Development Experiencer needs to make all kinds of pre-determinations and plans according to the characteristics of the island.

Sometimes, there is competition between islands in the same area, so there is no boat connection. This requires the Island Developer to plan and prepare the trip well in advance and arrange for an outside boatman to pick up the boat.

For most island travelers, diving is a must. Therefore, knowing how to dive became a plus for Dora. After she joined the team, underwater promos began to be available.

Getting up close and personal with the highly venomous lizards.

Watching small sharks playing in the shallows

Despite the hard work, Dora loves the sea and enjoys her job. In just one year, she has gained so many unique life experiences that are difficult for people to experience.

Because of her love for diving and the ocean, Dora chose to work for a company that develops island trips.

The Komodo dragon is a poisonous lizard unique to the Komodo Islands in Indonesia, and one bite can result in the amputation of a limb or death. During the tour of the Komodo Islands, one of the trips was to take a photo with a Komodo dragon. Despite her fear, Dora went ahead and experienced the project.

Although the local staff will arrange a guide to hold a wooden stick to protect the subject, Dora is still anxious, she tiptoed to the Komodo dragon's tail a couple of meters away, and slowly crouched down. "With a click, the scene was recorded by the photographer with a photo.

Another time, Dora in the shooting encountered undercurrents, by the undercurrents drifted a long way, the photographer finally called the boat to rescue her up.

Diving off the beaten track near the island also gave Dora a chance to see the rare marine life.

Of course, diving near these off-the-beaten-path islands also gives her a chance to see marine life that many divers rarely get to see, such as colorful coral and giant devil fidevilfishing to Dora, who had seen devil fish while diving at Angel Island. This is not a common fish, in Indonesia, they are only found near two islands, Angel Island and Bali.

One day, Dora was walking on the beach of Angel Island in the waters of Flores, Indonesia, when she saw a school of small sharks, only the thickness of their calves, playing freely in the shallows. "This is a spectacle that can only be seen on beaches with very good ecological protection." Dora exclaimed, "The fact that sharks can frolic on such a shallow beach means they are not afraid of people."

In addition to her work in island development and experiences, Dora also serves as an accompanying translator for tour groups. As she remembers it, most of the customers who experience island tours are couples or couples who love to dive. On an isolated island, there is no need for too much interpersonal communication, you can empty and pull all your focus back to yourself for a short period of self-review and healing.

Dora remembers that the island travel company she worked for would also organize a group trip on the island for their employees. A group of them would explore and race in kayaks and catch sea urchins in the ocean, which was an extremely special experience for Dora, who was in her early 20s at the time.

"To assuage the islanders' concerns.

I got a tan."

As an ocean environmentalist, Dora has always lived up to her three ocean promises: not to wear sunscreen unless it has a coral conservation logo, not to touch any marine life, and to pick up as much ocean trash as she can. Dora's island travel company also provides each Island Developer with a garbage net bag to carry with them, and each Island Developer takes action to improve the marine environment at each location.

On one trip, Dora forgot to bring Reef Safe sunscreen (a special sunscreen that protects coral and does not damage the ocean), but she preferred to get a sunburn rather than apply any other sunscreen, which eventually caused her to get a severe sunburn on her back and prevent her from even sleeping.

Many of the islanders Dora has spoken to are scuba divers from Europe. They have dived a lot of seas, achieved wealth and freedom by the time they were in their 60s and 70s, and wanted to realize their vision of owning a little piece of ocean in the last stage of their lives, so they came to Asia to invest in an island.

"Many of the niche islands are privately owned and they hold the personal sentiments of the owners. The owners are building these islands according to their dream settings." Dora says, "So these people don't care if the island receives a lot of tourists or if it's profitable to run island tourism. Whether the tourists are highly educated and environmentally conscious is instead something they value."

Many of the niche islands are privately owned, and they hold the personal feelings of their owners.

For example, in Indonesia's Macon Island, the organic and environmental philosophy is strictly implemented in everything from the production of toilet paper to the construction of houses. According to Dora, the toilet paper in Macon Island is made of recyclable paper produced by the islanders themselves, so the texture is relatively rough. The staff tries not to use plastic products, even washing dishes only using hot water and lemon.

The island's buildings are made of simple wooden structures, and the overall vision is environmentally friendly and natural, and no air conditioning will be installed. The island's food supply is also basically self-sufficient. In addition to the ration of fishing, the islanders will raise their chickens and grow some vegetables and fruits for tourists.

Ernest, in his 60s, is from Switzerland and is the owner of Angel Island in Indonesia's Floris Sea. Dora contacted Ernest through his private website. At first, Ernest was hesitant to cooperate because of concerns about the Chinese shark fin trade market and the awareness of Chinese tourists about marine ecology. Dora told Ernest that most Chinese people realize that shark fins do not contain high-value nutrition and that the taste has been replaced with vermicelli. In the end, Dora's repeated persuasion and physical commitment to environmental protection convinced Ernest to successfully negotiate the deal on behalf of the company.

The disappearing company and the disappearing profession

Throughout history, no one has been able to resist the lure of travel. When Socrates was asked where he came from, he replied that he came from the world and not from Athens.

Throughout history, no one has been able to resist the lure of travel.

In his book "The Art of Travel", British writer Alain de Botton tries to explain the meaning of travel for modern city dwellers: "To visit nature from time to time is a necessary remedy for the evils of city life. Nature will guide us to the beauty and goodness that exists together in life and each other, and nature is an image of good intentions that has a corrective function for the distorted, dysfunctional urban life."

Although Dora's monthly salary is only 3,000 yuan, the amount of money she can earn is not so important when her career and travel can overlap perfectly.

According to Dora's recollection, when she first interned at the island travel company, there were only three island development expexperiencedachers, most of whom, like herself, were college seniors or recent college graduates who came here for internships.

Although Dora's monthly salary is only 3,000 yuan, when career and travel can perfectly overlap, how much money can be earned is not so important.

Even if the salary is meager, Dora at the beginning of the island travel company still attracts a lot of highly educated people. They come from key universities, and because of their love of theirvel, gave up the opportunity to go to a large factory to come here to work. Their supervisor was once a flight attendant, and the monthly salary here is just 5,000 yuan.

According to public reports, the island travel company where Dora was established in 2013, is a start-up company, had received 3 million yuan in financing. SkyEye search shows that this company is still in business, but if you log on to the official website of this island travel company, you will find that it has not been updated for a long time, and the company's official microblog is only updated until June 2019. When reporters called this company's travel inquiries, all numbers were unavailable, and emails sent to email addresses with the company's domain name were returned.

According to Dora, the company has also attempted to transition from operating high-end island travel to wholesale new island travel agency rights and private island sales, but none have been successful.

In this era of highly developed self myself-medianformation, "island experience master" has lost its meaning of existence, and the gap that emerged after their disappearance is being replaced by video travel bloggers.

Along with this company, the profession of island development experience master has disappeared quietly. Searching for "island experience master" in the search engine, the relevant reports, and job, information is all stuck in around18. In this era of highly developed self mediself-medication, "island experience master" has lost its meaning of existence, and the gap that appeared after their disappearance is being replaced by video travel bloggers.

Today, Dora has long left the industry to start a jewelry business. Her colleagues have also returned to the big companies after experiencing the life of an island developer for a while.

But Dora is still nostalgic when it comes to her experience as an island developer: "It was exciting and wonderful."