Decolonizing Travel with RISE Travel Institute's Vincie Ho: Part 1

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Today, we’re speaking with Vincie Ho, the Founder and Executive Director of RISE Travel Institute, an award-winning nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel education.

RISE is also a Going Places Founding Member.

Born and raised in Hong Kong and now based in the United States, Vincie is a disruptor, nonprofit leader, seasoned educator, and woman immigrant of color with a hearing disability whose perspective is not commonly found in travel leadership spaces.

Before her work in travel and tourism, Vincie taught French at the University of Hong Kong and was involved in refugee rights advocacy work in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and French-speaking Africa.

Beyond RISE, Vincie also teaches human rights in the graduate programs at Antioch University New England.

This conversation was so big and powerful that we broke it into two parts. Part 2 comes out next.

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What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Do we have the capacity to care today?
• How human rights show up in travel
• Why talking about sustainable travel is not enough
• Why is justice not part of the conversation in travel spaces
• Colonial capitalism: the system at the root of injustice
• How Yulia decides whether to go or not to go on a trip
• What it was like growing up in Hong Kong under British colonial rule
• Forced migration versus leisure travel
• The changes in Hong Kong over one decade
• Should I stay or should I go when things go bad?

Featured on the show:

• Follow @risetravelinstitute on Instagram
• Learn more about RISE on their website
• Download the free RISE e-book, Decolonizing Travel
• Check out the upcoming RISE Flagship Program
• Connect with Vincie on LinkedIn

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