Gavin Anderson

Gav­in Anderson

Gavin Anderson

Gav­in Ander­son is an inter­na­tion­al devel­op­ment pro­fes­sion­al who now focuses pre­dom­in­antly on sus­tain­able and inclus­ive tourism.

Mr Ander­son runs a small exper­i­ment­al travel com­pany, Nomad­ic Skies Exped­i­tions, which organ­ises slow treks in col­lab­or­a­tion with com­munit­ies in Armenia, north­w­est Nepal, and Uganda.

Gav­in also co-foun­ded and is a part­ner in The Stone­houses in north­w­est Scotland.

Where is the line between cultural explorer and voyeur? The ‘Batwa Experience’

April 25, 2023

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, where the Batwa once lived. Image courtesy Nomadic Skies

Where is the line between cul­tur­al explor­a­tion and exploit­at­ive voyeur­ism while trav­el­ling among indi­gen­ous peoples?  In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Gav­in Ander­son explores the danger and prom­ise of travel & tour­is­m’s involve­ment with indi­gen­ous people through the lens of his recent work with the Bat­wa of south­w­est Uganda. I first met the Bat­wa, the indigenous […]

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