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Ep. 2: Natasha Martin – In Which Grandmas Assert Their Influence, Sustainability Tops the Agenda in Saudi Arabia and Tourism Planners Drink Whisky With The National Police


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“There’s so much information online, it’s hard to be surprised by a place, but Saudi was a place that really surprised me.”


A lifelong expat, Natasha Martin has lived in 15 different countries throughout Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Carribean. Speaking from Cambodia she shares her personal escapades and insights on sustainability, tourism development and why it’s more fun to have a guide as we join her in Greenland, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia and India.

You’ll learn why grandmas are never to be underestimated and how that food tour you loved actually came to be. Learn about Saudi Arabia’s sustainable tourism development plans and how Greendlanders are adapting to their changing climate.

Highlights:

5:00  How the first Indian to work for British Airways in East Africa in the 1950s handled racist passengers

6:10 From coffee houses to tourism: Natasha’s career path to founding Good Tourism

8:15 Reflections on tourism development in the northeastern state of Assam in India

9:40 Tourism development intersects the Haflong insurgency in Haflong, India and whisky with the National Police

10:56 Sustainability thinking shifts from 2008 to now

13:56 From Newfoundland to Cambodia, deconstructing the tourism experience and behind the scenes on a food tour

18:20 In love with local guides and the pros and cons of devices in travel

20:17 Busting stereotypes in Saudi Arabia and sustainable tourism development in the region

24:45 Hip to climate change yet struggling still to respond to immediate concerns

29:45 Crushing it on capital cities of the world quiz

31:40 Minus 35 and hard won realizations sleeping on the Greenland Ice Cap

35:30 Climate change in everyday life and the Greenlandic approach climate change

38:29 Natasha’s booklist leaves us feeling fishy

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