Topics: Fair Tourism, Sustainability, travel, travel trends, covid19, future of travel

Welcome to the tourism entrepreneur podcast. I am your host Vanessa Mbenoun and the next 2 episodes will focus on 2 amazing women, who are consistently striving to build a more responsible and sustainable tourism industry. This week we are welcoming Charlotte Louwman-Vogels, the CEO of Fair Tourism, a NPO based in Netherlands. Please stay tuned and don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast!

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[1:00] Difference between Fair Tourism and Sustainable Tourism

[3:00] Charlotte’s background and the creation of the Fair Tourism foundation

[6:50] Unfair and harmful practices in the travel industry

[10:00] Community Based Projects the foundation is involved in

[17:30] Fair Tourism in Africa

[20:45] How can we make the tourism industry more sustainable and fair

[24:00] How to join/ collaborate with Fair Tourism NL

That’s it for today! Coming up next week: Judy Kepher-Gona of STTA Kenya. In the meantime, visit tourismentrepreneur.com to join our community and monthly events! Connect with us on Twitter and Instagram @tourismpreneur

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

Fair Tourism: https://www.fairtourism.nl/en/

Kamaroutes: https://www.kamaroutes.com/

Tourism Entrepreneur: https://www.tourismentrepreneur.com/