Charlotte Louwman-Vogels

Charlotte is Founder and CEO of Fair Tourism Foundation. The foundation aims to further gender equality in the tourism industry by preventing the exploitation of local communities through tourism. As indigenous women are often the culture bearers, it can leave them prone to exploitation. Its work focuses on assisting local communities with their transition towards community-based tourism (CBT), enabling local people to receive the benefits that tourism brings. With its focus on raising awareness of the issues around exploitation in tourism and how CBT and regenerative tourism can make a difference, Fair Tourism hold workshops, speaks at congresses, writes academic articles and collaborates with destination management companies, their overseas agents and additional stakeholders.