Elisa Spampinato is a Community Tourism Consultant, Connector and Storyteller.
She is a recognised and certified Sustainable Tourism professional and a Global Community-Base Tourism Ambassador. She has worked with local communities in over 30 countries.
She is the Founder of Traveller Storyteller, and she works with Tourism Boards and Destinations to support the self-empowerment of their Indigenous people involved in tourism by providing tools, training and support in Community Storytelling and Ethical Marketing.
She has written for Tourism Concern, Equality in Tourism, Tourism Watch, Travindy, Travel Matters, GLP Films, Adventure Travel Trade Association ATTA, and TTG Media, among others, and she is a Media Herald for the Transformational Travel Council (TTC).
Elisa can be followed on her Blog, Facebook, LinkedIN and Instagram.
An event happened last May, which immediately reserved its space in the unplanned series I started on my blog and continued here on Travel Tomorrow. The […]
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There is a state in Asia that is taking the lead in turning tourism into an effective instrument for local sustainable development. Their Tourism Board has […]
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Tourists do not need to remain in doubt until the moment of the actual experience to gain an understanding of their tour’s inner nature. To discover […]
1. Changes over time Although the initial offerings of Slum Tourism were on the whole extremely negative, over time significant changes initiated a chain of positive […]
Slums are complex realities that present hugely varying scenarios, even within the same city. In a similar way, the term ‘Slum Tourism’ does not refer to […]
Read Part 2 of “The Relationship between Food & Community-based Tourism: Central America” The people behind the food To conclude our journey through Central America and […]
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Community-Based Tourism (CBT) is a type of tourism where the local communities are the protagonist of the experience offered. It usually happens in rural and traditional communities, but […]
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The pairing of food and community-based tourism (CBT) is a visceral relationship, and one which might assume a variety of nuances and shapes; the way the two themes […]