Antoine GEORGE Sustainable Tourism Projects
Sustainable Tourism Specialist
Antoine is a hands-on practitioner in the field of sustainable and responsible tourism with expertise in planning, product and destination development and marketing, and public-private sector partnerships project with a value chain approach.
From 1996-2004 he worked with French specialized outbound tour operators promoting, selling and guiding ecotourism and trekking trips working with all levels of the market chain, advising the tour operators on all aspects of activities in order to ensure greater participation of local communities and to minimize impacts. He developed these programs in destinations such as: Spain; Italy; Greece; Morocco; Yemen; Namibia; Cape-Verde; Mexico; Peru; Bolivia; Chile; Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay; and Brasil.
Following the obtention of his Masters degree he served during 2006 and 2007 as Sustainable Tourism Advisor for the Netherlands Development Organization ( SNV ) in Ebolowa, Cameroon, responsible for assisting the National Tourism Administration and working with local communities on capacity building and institutional strengthening for the first UNWTO ST-EP ( Sustainable Tourism for the Elimination of Poverty ) project in Ebogo, a community-based tourism project.
After completing those responsibilities he became the general manager of Transhumancias-Voyages Tour Operator and Mosq’oywasi lodge in Cusco, Peru, with responsibility for product development & organization, web marketing for hospitality and general management.
He received his MA in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland. He also earned a Diploma in “Tourism, Culture and Development” at La Sorbonne in Paris, France, and a trilingual Law double degree from the Pierre Mendès France University of Grenoble and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. In addition to his native French, he speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently, and other languages, like Quechua.
From 1996-2004 he worked with French specialized outbound tour operators promoting, selling and guiding ecotourism and trekking trips working with all levels of the market chain, advising the tour operators on all aspects of activities in order to ensure greater participation of local communities and to minimize impacts. He developed these programs in destinations such as: Spain; Italy; Greece; Morocco; Yemen; Namibia; Cape-Verde; Mexico; Peru; Bolivia; Chile; Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay; and Brasil.
Following the obtention of his Masters degree he served during 2006 and 2007 as Sustainable Tourism Advisor for the Netherlands Development Organization ( SNV ) in Ebolowa, Cameroon, responsible for assisting the National Tourism Administration and working with local communities on capacity building and institutional strengthening for the first UNWTO ST-EP ( Sustainable Tourism for the Elimination of Poverty ) project in Ebogo, a community-based tourism project.
After completing those responsibilities he became the general manager of Transhumancias-Voyages Tour Operator and Mosq’oywasi lodge in Cusco, Peru, with responsibility for product development & organization, web marketing for hospitality and general management.
He received his MA in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland. He also earned a Diploma in “Tourism, Culture and Development” at La Sorbonne in Paris, France, and a trilingual Law double degree from the Pierre Mendès France University of Grenoble and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. In addition to his native French, he speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently, and other languages, like Quechua.
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