Ester PereiraEster M. Pereira, Ph.D. is a tourism professional who has travelled to more than 120 countries as lecturer, consultant, expedition leader, and as a tourist herself. Firsthand experience of different cultures and wild places has given her an awarenessof the world's diversity and a perspective over several decades of how people and places have changed.This knowledge is something she has enthusiastically shared with her students as an instructor of sustainable tourism, as well as with the travel companies for which she has collaborated. She endeavors to inspire young readers' curiosity about the world, its peoples, and its natural wonders through Read More Read Less