Via Via Travellers Cafs

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Via Via Travellers Cafés

• 21st of March 2001

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Introduction
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A few questions
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• Where did the idea come from?
• Working progress?
• Interesting project?

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• Our presentation
• 1. Concept
• 2. History of the Via Via Cafes
• 3. Different Via Via Cafes
• 4. Future plans
• 5. Via Via Heverlee
• 6. Our site
• 7. Conclusion

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Concept
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• Inspiration
• 1. Respect
• 2. Astonishment
• 3. Openness
• Main goal ? ameliorate contact with locals
• Concreteteach how to travel

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History of the Via Via Cafes
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Introduction Concept History Different Cafés
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• SY Tour gt Youth and Student Tourism
• 1. 1971
• 2. classic way of travelling
• 3. not appreciated by tourguides

• Joker
• 1. 1981
• 2. What is Joker?
• 3. In the beginning
• 4. Later...

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Introduction Concept History Different Cafés
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• Core philosophy
• 1. Respect
• 2. Astonishment
• 3. Openness
• Travellers should fit in

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Introduction Concept History Different Cafés
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• Competition
• Repositioning
• 1. Create stronger profile
• 2. Brainstorming
• 3. Concept of Via Via cafes (1995)
• The name Via Via

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Introduction Concept History Different Cafés
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• Administrative organisation
• A Livingstone cafe ? A Joker travellers cafe
• Livingstone
• ? financial back-up
• ? owns the Via Via cafes
• ? shareholder
• ? overall organisation or group

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Different Via Via Cafes
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Introduction Concept History Different Cafés
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• June 1995  Belgium Leuven (Heverlee)
• Mai 1996 Indonesia Yogyakarta
• Mai 1997 Senegal Dakar
• August 1997  Belgium Antwerp
• Mai 1998  Spain Can Festis
• March 1999 Honduras Copan
• March 2000 Tanzania Arusha

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Future Plans
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Introduction Concept History Different Cafés
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• Keep the existing Via Via cafes in the run
• Open new Via Via Cafes
• - near future
• ? Morocco (Marrakech)
• ? Cambodia (Sien Reap)
• ? Canada

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Via Via Heverlee
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Introduction Concept History Different Cafés
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• Founded June 1995
• Book Corner
• Special fooddrinks
• Events
• Slide shows
• Performances
• Exhibits
• Theme nights
• Cooking lessons

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Our website
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www.kuleuven.ac.be/iccp/iccp16
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Conclusion
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• new concept
• still growing
• www.viaviacafe.com
• www.kuleuven.ac.be/iccp/iccp16