Floortje Dessing

Floortje Dessing (born 31 August 1970 in Heemstede) is a Dutch radio and television presenter, producer and travel writer, best known for her various travel TV shows.

Floortje Dessing
Floortje Dessing in 2019
Born (1970-08-31) 31 August 1970
Heemstede, Netherlands
Alma materHogeschool Diemen
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
OccupationPresenter, tv producer, interpreter
Years active1995-present
TelevisionYorin Travel
3 op Reis
Floortje naar het einde van de wereld

Since 1995 Dessing has covered more than 120 countries in TV programs, that were mostly made by her own production company, such as Arrivals, Yorin Travel, RTL Travel, 3 op Reis and Floortje naar het einde van de wereld, for several Dutch TV broadcasters.

North Korea

In 2011 Dessing and her crew traveled through North Korea, being only the second crew in history to be allowed to film a travel TV-show in that country. She has also written several travel guides.

Fair trade and the environment

Dessing is a vegetarian and has two boutiques, which sell clothing that is fair trade and has been produced in an environment-friendly way.[1][2]

Since 2009 Dessing has been a supporter of the Greenpeace climate campaign 'You Turn the Earth.' She has made a point of traveling in more environmentally friendly ways, for example by using public transport more frequently than before. Dessing uses her travels to raise awareness about the earth's vulnerability, and to stress the importance of taking good care of it.

Dessing is also active as an ambassador to the International Red Cross and to the Dutch Max Havelaar foundation for fair trade.

gollark: I like this! It plays perfectly to governments' strengths!
gollark: So is this a new economic theory of "increase government inefficiency to make the economy more economier"?
gollark: You have to pay for it through either some monetary-policy haxxx, or taxes, which take money away from good hard-working citizens*.
gollark: Ah, but does it?
gollark: And at the same time governments probably still throw money at it. Though as a UKian who is on the internet I probably know more about the US/UK situation.

References
  1. "Verkiezing van de meest sexy vegetariër 2007 (Vrouwen): Nominaties vrouwen 2007" (in Dutch). Wakker Dier. 2007. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  2. "Floortje Dessing van RTL naar Omroep LLINK" (in Dutch). medianieuwtjes.nl. 2007-06-15. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-06-12.


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