Costas Christ
President, Adventure Council
 In addition to his role as President of the Adventure
Council, Costas Christ writes a monthly travel column for National
Geographic Adventure magazine. His desire for exploration has led him to
more than 100 countries including expeditions to some of the world’s
most remote wilderness regions and archeological sites.
An internationally recognized expert on sustainable tourism,
Costas also serves as the Chairman of the World Travel and Tourism
Council’s
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, which recognizes leading examples
from around the world of environmentally and socially responsible
travel. He is a founding member and former Chairman of the Board
of The International Ecotourism Society and was appointed the Peace Corps Director
in Uganda where he worked on community-based tourism as an economic
development strategy. As the Senior Director for Ecotourism at Conservation
International, Costas supervised projects in 18 countries.
Costas' articles and essays on travel and tourism have appeared
in numerous publications, including the New York Times, International
Herald Tribune, Boston Globe and Sunday Times of London. He
is the lead author of Tourism and Biodiversity: Mapping Tourism’s
Global Footprint and a contributing author in Wilderness: Earth's
Last Wild Places. Costas has appeared many times on television and
radio, including CNN, BBC, National Public Radio, ABC News, and PBS
to talk about adventure travel. |
