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VIDEO: Challenging the Perception of Slums

Jeremy Smith
By Jeremy Smith

Watch this recent Tedx talk by Krishna Pujari, Co-founder of the responsible tour company Reality Tours & Travel.

 In Brief 

  • Reality Tours most famous tour takes people around the industrial and residential areas of Dharavi in order to breakdown negative stereotypes about slums and raise funds for community projects.
  • 80% of the profits from the tours are used to fund local education projects through their sister-NGO Reality Gives.
  • In 2015 it was the overall winner of WTTC’s Tourism for Tomorrow Awards.

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Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smithhttp://www.jmcsmith.com
Jeremy Smith is the editor and co-founder of Travindy. He is a writer and communications consultant working for a more responsible and sustainable tourism industry. He is the author of two books, writes a fortnightly blog on responsible tourism for World Travel Market, and provides consultancy to a wide range of companies and organisations, ranging from National Parks to individual hotels and tour operators.

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