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“Changed Hand”, changing lives

My name is Josefina Klinger Zúñiga, and this is my story… I am a part of Mano Cambiado. We work together to develop tourism to build appreciation, knowledge and understanding of the ways of seeing and living life in the Nuquí community. We like to say: “‘Mano Cambiado’ is a dream of the soul that […]

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Tourism invitation with island spirit

My name is Jean Baptiste Hortere, and this is my story… My story, the story of Jean Baptiste Hortere, is popularly known in Seychelles as Batista a young boy from a small village in Mahé, Seychelles’ principal island, who made good. I was born in 1953 and I started from humble beginnings in the small […]

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Stitching together tradition and tourism

My name is Hamoudi Hassan Al-Abayagi, born in the city of Al-Najaf, and this is my story… I was born in Iraq in 1952. Today, I am a seller and maker of Al- Najafiah cloak. I inherited this craftsmanship from my father, who inherited it from his father, Haj Mahdi Al-Abayagi. Our family was famous […]

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A community of custodians

My name is Geovanny Rivadeneira and this is my story… I am the representative and coordinator of the tourism operation at the Napo Wildlife Center. We began organizing our community in the seventies. Before, we lived all over the place. To create a community, well, you need a source of livelihood. In 1998 – with […]

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A passion for preservation

My name is David Ahadzie and this is my story….I was born at Feyito – a village that is about 14km from Ada Foah in Ghana. When I was young my dream was to become a pilot but as I grew up, that dream faded and I instead wanted to be an entrepreneur. The entrepreneurial […]

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