Addala Lajwanti Naidu

A. Lajwanti Naidu accessible and inclusive tourism

A Lajwanti Naidu

Addala Lajwanti Naidu is an aca­dem­ic and pro­lif­ic writer on respons­ible tour­ism, includ­ing issues related to skills devel­op­ment, eco­nom­ic impact, cli­mate change, con­ser­va­tion of spe­cies, poverty alle­vi­ation, the employ­ment oppor­tun­it­ies of the visu­ally-chal­lenged, sus­tain­ing loc­al com­munit­ies with art and cul­ture, con­ser­va­tion of the arts, and tour­ism industry integ­ra­tion. Dr Naidu has an acu­men for teach­ing and skills devel­op­ment, and is a pro­ponent of the idea that tour­ism is a tool for poverty alleviation.

How tourism in India can help protect olive ridley turtles

June 5, 2019
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Olive ridley turtles by Chandan Singh (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorius/137320371/

In her second “GT” Insights con­tri­bu­tion, A Lajwanti Naidu shares what she has learned about olive rid­ley turtles and how the Andhra Pra­desh Tour­ism Author­ity does and can con­trib­ute to their con­ser­va­tion. Travel teaches more than books do. With this in mind, Andhra Pra­desh Tour­ism Author­ity organ­ised an edu­ca­tion­al tour to Diviseema and the Krishna […]

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Mission vision: Accessible, inclusive tourism for the visually impaired

July 12, 2017

Accessible and inclusive tourism for the visually impaired. Training.

A truly access­ible and inclus­ive tour­ism industry should view people with dis­ab­il­it­ies, such as visu­al impair­ment, the same as any­one else — as a poten­tially luc­rat­ive mar­ket seg­ment and a pro­duct­ive and innov­at­ive human resource — accord­ing to A Lajwanti Naidu in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. Sens­ory organs play a vital role in life. Among them, eyes are probably […]

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