Ms Manisha Pande

Founding Managing Director of Mumbai-based Village Ways

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Manisha Pande is the founding Managing Director of Mumbai-based Village Ways, a responsible tour operator company which has been operating since 2006. Named best tour operator for poverty reduction in World Travel Market Responsible Tourism Awards 2017, Village Ways supports tourism that runs alongside, without displacing, traditional rural livelihoods amid threats from outward migration, rural poverty, and threats from the climate crisis. They work in partnership with very special villages in India, Nepal and Bhutan to help sustain their village life through low impact tourism. Above all, the aim is to provide great holidays that inspire and delight the guests, whilst providing the village communities with a further income stream and job opportunities.