| I recently had a chance to talk to Chris Ronneseth of | | | | Canada for the family business where I now provide |
| Trek Holidays (see interview preview) who gave me | | | | support to our network of travel agents across |
| a good overview of adventure travel, an area of | | | | Eastern Canada as well as compiling our monthly |
| travel I definitely would like to explore sooner than | | | | newsletter on adventure travel trends.2. What |
| later...1. Tell us how you got into the adventure travel | | | | countries have you traveled to?Africa: Namibia, South |
| business.I grew up around travel. My father, Allan | | | | Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana, |
| Ronneseth founded the company in 1972 and with a | | | | Zambia, Egypt, MoroccoEurope: UK, Greenland, |
| passion to see the world in a different way than the | | | | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, AustriaAsia: Thailand, |
| norm, we had the opportunity to travel to countries | | | | Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, |
| that were considered exotic at that time and to | | | | Cambodia, Hong KongSouth Pacific: Australia, Cook |
| some extent still are today. Venturing out on my | | | | Islands, Tonga, FijiAmericas: Canadian High Arctic, |
| own traveling while attending University I became | | | | USA, Mexico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands,Guatemala, |
| more and more passionate about the world beyond | | | | Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, |
| North America. With a degree in marketing, I | | | | Peru, Bolivia3. Please share with us your top three |
| ventured off first to New York and later to Toronto | | | | travel memories of all times.A. Peru -The last descent |
| working in sales and marketing for technology | | | | into Machu Picchu on the famed Inca Trail from the |
| companies during the tech boom. Having learned the | | | | Sun Gate after seeing sunrise over the site, being |
| skill of sales in an industry outside of travel but | | | | the first to enter the site at daybreak and having a |
| backed with an upbringing rooted in adventure travel, | | | | feeling of peace, harmony and strong magic in the |
| I made the progression to heading up sales in Eastern | | | | air.B. |