104: Community Led Tourism in North East India with Chalo Hoppo

About this episode

The episode discusses community led tourism in North East India with insights from Chalo Hoppo's founders on mindful travel experiences.

There are multiple ways to be mindful when traveling in North East India but the best way is to choose activities that involve local communities. We talk to Raphael and Devraj from Chalo Hoppo who talk about their travel philosophies and how they ensure creating mindful experiences. Connect with Chalo Hoppo https://www.instagram.com/chalohoppo/ https://chalohoppo.com https://www.instagram.com/raphaeljohn13/ https://www.instagram.com/devbarooah Share your thoughts and feedbacks https://www.instagram.com/theresponsibletravelpodcast/ anshul.akh99@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyPassenger/videos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daily.passenger/ Blog: https://travelwithansh.com

People in this episode

Host: Anshul Kumar Akhoury

Guests: Raphael, Devraj

Topics covered

• community led tourism
• North East India
• mindful travel
• local communities
• travel philosophies

Keywords

• community tourism
• North East India
• mindful travel
• local experiences
• Chalo Hoppo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chalo Hoppo, Instagram, Youtube, Blog

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