Senior Lecturer in Tourism & Development, University of Westminster
Claudia Dolezal is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Sustainable Development at the University of Westminster in London, UK. She has a background in tourism, international development and social anthropology with a geographical focus on the region of Southeast Asia (Thailand and Bali), Latin America and London. Claudia’s research interests focus on tourism and social inequalities, social enterprises, tourism and sustainable development, community-based tourism, residents’ empowerment and the anthropology of tourism. She is on the editorial team of ASEAS and co-editor of Tourism and Development in South-East Asia (2020, Routledge) and the Handbook of Niche Tourism (forthcoming, Edward Elgar).
How a group of homeless and vulnerable tour guides reinvented themselves during the pandemic
Jun 21, 2020 11:25 am UTC| Business
Unseen Tours is a London-based social enterprise founded in 2010. It offers homeless and vulnerably housed Londoners the opportunity to train as tour guides in the city. This provides a new livelihood, but also allows...
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