Dr Rieki Crins
Rieki Crins obtained her PhD on Gender and Sustainability in Bhutan in 2008 at the University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht and has written two books on Bhutan. She is a speaker and lecturer at universities and institutions such as Oxford University, University of Amsterdam, Siam Society in Bangkok, Thailand, and the TBLI conference among others.
In support of an ecolodge in central Bhutan and a community hospitality college she was setting up, in 2009 Dr Crins created the Learning Exchange Foundation to raise awareness of Bhutanese culture, holistic lifestyle, and world-view in the West in exchange for Western concepts of professionalism and sustainability. In March 2015, the Learning Exchange Foundation opened the Bongde Institute of Hospitality and Tourism.
Dr Crins has also written for The “Good Tourism” Blog.
Thailand is kind of a second home for me. I have been visiting the country for more than 40 years. Although Thailand receives so many tourists every year, I realise that most visitors have no clue about the etiquette and way of life of the Thai. This is a shame because they miss the essence of Thai […]
Read More Postcard from Thailand: ‘Thai people are the kindest in the world’
After not being able to travel for two and a half years, in June this year I was fortunate to go on a 23-day tour from Delhi to Ladakh via the old Hindustan-Tibet Road. The road, which the British Raj built in 1850, is still considered ‘off the beaten track’ by travellers, despite the magnificent […]
Read More From New Delhi to Leh on the old Hindustan-Tibet Road