Drs Van Doorn

International sustainable tourism development planning expert.

Dynamic, committed professional with a relevant and solid academic background, combined with long hands-on industry experience and both, extensive management and technical skills.

Involved in international tourism development, focusing on Sustainable Tourism Planning & Development; Marketing; HRD & TVET, and Institutional Capacity Building of national/local tourism organisations.

Managed large, donor funded, tourism development programmes in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe, guiding and monitoring teams of international and local consultants, to full gratification of clients, beneficiaries and employers (e.g., a 5-year Sustainable Tourism Project and a 4-year Tourism Poverty Alleviation tourism infrastructure, both for Viet Nam and a 3-Year Tourism Master Plan project for Tanzania).

Arouses confidence by his vast expertise, hands-on experience, interpersonal skills and ability to persuade people at all levels in a courteous way, critical to getting support of the public and private sectors and donor agencies, alike.

Writes, speaks and presents issues in an effective manner in English, next to a good, respectively workable command of German and French.