Author: SustainableTourismAlliance.net

Our Senior Sustainability Editor has spent over 15 years traversing the delicate line between tourism development and conservation across 47 countries. After conducting field research on community-based tourism initiatives in Southeast Asia and consulting with eco-lodges in five continents, they now channel this wealth of experience into creating evidence-based content for Sustainable Tourism Alliance. Their work has been featured in leading tourism publications, and they've presented at international sustainable tourism conferences from Berlin to Bali. When not analyzing the latest regenerative tourism data or investigating greenwashing claims, you might find them testing low-impact adventure experiences—strictly for research purposes, of course. Their personal mission? Making sure "sustainable" means something more than just a marketing buzzword on your next journey. They've been known to carry a carbon calculator on vacation, much to the amusement of their travel companions.