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Dirk Alejandro König's Profile

About Dirk Alejandro König

This is how Dirk Alejandro is a Changemaker:
Less talk, more action. By supporting NGOs and companies committed to the principles of Geotourism with my motivation, know-how and experience in order to achieve (economic!) sustainability, e.g. by organizing volunteer programs or finding alternative markets for their products or tourism services.

The place for which Dirk Alejandro feels a fondness or connection:
Where good food is. For me "good" means fresh, natural, local.

The change Dirk Alejandro passionately wants to happen:
More results, less talk! I personally prefer less "glamorous" projects with real economic and social impact - rather than nothing.

Bio

Graduated (Master of Arts) in Sustainable Tourism Management and passionate about the "pro-poor tourism" approach and food in tourism. First tourism-related projects in Germany (National Park Müritz, Tour Operator "Reisen mit Sinnen" and Sierra Leone "Linking small-farmers to profitable markets e.g. Tourism" (World Bank and Epler Wood). ECPAT-Trainer. Pictures (Vietnam, China and Nepal) for the Studiosus/MarcoPolo 2008 Catalogue. Elephant picture for "Mitigating a Classic Human-Elephant Conflict" "Geotourism Challenge 2008" Ashoka-Volunteer.

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