Raj Gyawali

Raj Gyawali is a Kathmandu-based tourism entrepreneur and the founding director of socialtours, a responsible travel company he set up in 2002 after helping to organise student trips that funded a school hostel and a cataract eye camp in rural Nepal. He has more than two decades of experience in responsible tourism, and socialtours was one of the first tour companies in Asia to be certified for sustainability. As a consultant he helps governments and communities adopt more sustainable practices.