WHO WE ARE
We believe that tourism has the power to preserve living cultures, restore local ecosystems and protect our planet. This belief drives our work.
Shivya Nath: Founder
Shivya is an impact entrepreneur, award-winning travel writer, bestselling author, and passionate advocate of tourism as a force for good.
She grew up in a valley in the Indian Himalayas, and began her career in the tourism industry as a digital marketer over 15 years ago, at the Singapore Tourism Board. Following a volunteer travel stint with a responsible tourism enterprise in the Trans-Himalayas, she became deeply passionate about the potential of travel as a force for good. Over the next seven years, she lived out of two bags, spending time with local and Indigenous communities across the globe, pursuing storytelling at the intersection of travel, the environment and social impact.
Her words have appeared in BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller, The Washington Post, Travel + Leisure and other leading publications. She is the author of the national bestselling travel memoir “The Shooting Star: A girl, her backpack and the world” (Penguin, 2018) and runs an award-winning sustainable travel blog.
Shivya has been featured by The Washington Post among travellers changing the way we think about the world, by National Geographic Traveller among travellers of color smashing stereotypes, and in the BBC film, The Audacious, on living your best (sustainable) life. She is a recipient of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards (Society of American Travel Writers, 2023), the Inspire Global Media Awards (London, 2025), and the Bessie Awards (New York, 2025).
She holds a Master’s in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard University (DCE), where her research focused on climate adaptation solutions in tourism. She also holds a professional certificate in sustainable tourism from the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).