Adventure Recon
Adventure Recon
My work takes me to some amazing places. As an adventure tourism consultant I can find myself working in Fjord Norway one month and the next I may be exploring the Chiquibul Forest of Belize in Central America.
I’m often supporting clients like NCE Tourism Fjord Norway, Wild Norway or Kiruna Lappland in the Nordic region but also work with inbound and outbound operators, hotels, NGOs in the developing world, for regional tourism boards and for global institutions.
Adventure Recon has evolved from my desire to share the stories of the unique landscapes, destinations and communities I visit with a wider audience. I hope you enjoy my posts of the places and projects I’m either currently working on or have worked on in the past.
Blog updates
Trek Travel’s Fjord Norway 2019 trips sold out!
Trek Travel's 2019 inaugural season to the Fjord Norway region is virtually sold out. When I first invited Meagan Coates and Katherine Usher of Trek Travel to the Fjord Norway drinks party at the Adventure Travel World Summit in Anchorage, Alaska I had no idea...
read moreNordmaling Adventure Travel Gap Analysis
At the end of June Neil Rogers conducted a rapid gap analysis assessment of adventure tourism for Nordmaling together with the Region Västerbotten and Visit Umeå team. Rogers & Co AB has been contracted to conduct a gap analysis to assess the destination's assets...
read moreRapid MTB destination assessment in Gloppen
Our CEO Neil Rogers headed to Sandane in Gloppen Municipality with the Fjord Norway team to assess the destination as a MTBike destination for the region. The team met with a range of local stakeholders including Sandane airport, accommodation providers, local DMC's,...
read moreKeynote at International Adventure Conference 2019
Neil Rogers invited to give a keynote at the 7th IAC in Dumfries & Galloway on the role of adventure travel in conserving biodiversity and achieving SDGs.
read moreDebating sustainability at UNWTO
Our CEO Neil Rogers speaking at the 4th UNWTO Euro-Asian Mountain Tourism Conference in Berchtesgaden, Germany. The session was moderated by Jens Schröder, Editor in Chief, National Geographic Germany and Rogers was speaking about the challenges and opportunities for mountain tourism.
read moreDestination Järvsö GSTC Destination Criteria Compliance
At the beginning of February Rogers & Co AB delivered a Rapid Assessment and Gap Analysis Evaluation of Destination Järvsö’s readiness to comply with Global Sustainable Tourism Council Destination Criteria. The report assessed and graded the destination’s...
read moreDestination Järvsö’s journey to Sustainability
Rogers & Co AB as been contracted by Destination Järvsö to provide a rapid evaluation of the destination’s compliance with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s Destination Criteria ( GSTC-D Version 1 ). The GSTC Destination Criteria are the minimum...
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