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Personal
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Geoffrey Groesbeck
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| Professional title |
Latin America cultural tourism consultant
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| Address |
Casilla #3185
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
BOLIVIA
Callejón Velasco No. 1
Colonia Centro
98000 Zacatecas, Zac.
MÉXICO
PO Box #2277
South Hamilton, MA 01982-0277
USA
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| Phone (daytime) |
see below
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| Phone (evening) |
see below
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| Mobile |
+591 (3) 3524819 (Bol.) / +52 (492) 144 3640 (Mex.) / +1 (617) 835 4700 (USA)
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| Email 1 |
info@chiquitania.com
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| Email 2 |
gapg@mit.edu
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| Website 1 |
http://www.chiquitania.com/
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| Website 2 |
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/529/gallery/
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Plaza 8 de Diciembre, Concepción, Bolivia
Ipswich Street Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
One could say adventure travel runs in Geoff's family. A descendant of the hardy souls who founded much of New England, eastern Canada and further afield (French Guiana, anyone?), Geoff spent his formative years alternating between Portugal's relentlessly sunny Algarve coast and Massachusetts' occasionally sunny North Shore.
Between incessant trips abroad, Geoff studied Japanese at Harvard and technology transfer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He switched gears after university, walking a fine line between jaunts in global finance and financing global jaunts, before deciding upon the latter as an infinitely preferable vocation.
Until recently an academic at MIT, Geoff now consults with governments and NGOs in Latin America, developing and promoting involvement in sustainable development initiatives, in particular cultural tourism. At present, his activities are focused on Bolivia and Mexico. Geoff is also a visiting professor and director of international affairs at Mexico's Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).
He has written and lectured extensively on Bolivia, especially on the remote and beautiful Chiquitania. Co-author of four best-selling books, his guides are considered without peer and have been translated into 12 languages. His articles and photographs have appeared in some of the world's best-known magazines, newspapers, and academic journals.
Considered one of the world's leading experts on the Jesuit missions of the Chiquitos, his writings, photography, and award-winning Web site have won international acclaim and governmental recognition.
He is fluent in English and Spanish, less so in Latin...and just barely remembers a few words in Japanese.
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| Areas of specialist knowledge |
GEOGRAPHIC:
Argentina
Austria
Bolivia
Brazil
Ecuador
Mexico: Aguascalientes; Coahuila; Colima; Durango; Jalisco; Guanajuato; Michoacán; Nayarit; Nuevo León; Querétaro; San Luis Potosí; Sinaloa; Sonora Tamaulipas; Veracruz; and Zacatecas states
Panama
Paraguay
Portugal
United States: New England, Texas (Austin/Coast/San Antonio/Rio Grande Valley)
Uruguay
Venezuela
THEMATIC:
Colonial missions of Bolivia, Mexico, Paraguay, and USA;
cultural tourism (esp. Latin America);
historical tourism;
national parks;
religious tourism;
sustainable development;
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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Bolivian Oil News
Bolivian Studies Journal
Dorling Kindersley
Emerging Markets Weekly
Footprint Books
LatinFinance
Latin American Law & Business Report
República de Bolivia
República de México
Latin Trade
Lonely Planet
State Street Global Advisors
STAR Travel Media
Venture Equity Latin America
V!va Travel Guides
Weissmann Reports
The World Paper
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Dorling-Kindersley: The Road Less Travelled (2009 pub.)
Dorling-Kindersley: Top Ten Guide San Antonio/Austin (1st ed.)
Dorling-Kindersley: Where to Go When in the Americas (1st ed.)
Fondo Editorial APAC: El Beni Turístico (1st English-language ed.)
Fondo Editorial APAC: Santa Cruz Turístico (1st English-language ed.)
Footprint Bolivia Handbook (3rd, 4th eds.)
Footprint Mexico Handbook (2nd ed.)
Footprint Mexico & Central America (17th ed.)
Footprint Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador (1st, 2nd eds.)
Footprint South America Handbook (80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th eds.)
Footprint Venezuela Handbook (2nd ed.)
Lonely Planet's Bolivia (3rd, 4th eds.)
Lonely Planet's South America on a Shoestring (7th ed.)
V!va List Latin America (1st ed.)
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| Other relevant published works |
"A Brief History of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos" (Bolivian Studies Journal, pub. by Univ. of Illinois Press, 2007)
"The Long Silence: The Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos After the Extrañamiento" (Bolivian Studies Journal, pub. by Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2008)
Further information on Geoff's Latin American research and works may be found at:
www.chiquitania.com
www.footprintbooks.com/about/footprintauthors.cfm?ccs=114&cs=349
www.internationaltravelwritersalliance.com/members/membprof_southa.html
www.journalistdirectory.com/prXQzgz/Geoffrey%20A.%20P.-Groesbeck
www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreygroesbeck
www.travelwriters.co.uk/journalists.htm#G
wpu.org.uk
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