Elisa Spampinato

Activist

With a wealth of experience with Community-Based Tourism (CBT) projects in Latin America and, most recently in East Africa, India and Nepal, Elisa Spampinato connects Indigenous and traditional communities with responsible travellers through storytelling. She uses storytelling with an ethnographic approach and writes compelling stories with local community members to ensure their narratives reach bigger audiences. She writes for several blogs and online publications about sustainable tourism and ethical travelling. Elisa loves cultures, speaks four languages ​​fluently, and is currently learning two more. She has an innate passion for photography, which she brings strongly to her work. Find more about her work on her LinkedIn page; follow the Traveller Storyteller blog for more grassroots stories and immersive cultural experiences with Indigenous communities.

Stories from Elisa Spampinato

Entering the Circle for an Authentic Travel Experience

As travellers increasingly demand more real, grassroots experiences, authentic cultural representation has become even more important.