Founder/interim-manager.
Discovery Village is a new community based tourism concept. Tourists experience the daily life of African villagers by joining activities like local fishing, dancing, farming, cooking etc (Europe/Ghana).
Responsibilities:
- Stimulating the local community's involvement by shareholding & employment
- Searching financial participants
- Marketing/sales of the project in Europe
- Production of a promotion video
Accomplishments:
- Pilot project at the beach of Kokrobite , 30 km out of Accra , Ghana
- ‘Discovery Village'-tours sold by http://www.arke.nl Arke
Reizen, NL and by African Holidays, NL, a specialized tour operator (view
brochure)
- Financial participation by Financierings Maatschappij Ontwikkelingslanden (F.M.O.) at The Hague and a local entrepreneur in Ghana
- Sponsoring and publicity support by a.o. KLM (view brochure).
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