co-founder of Monsoon Adventure
Johan was born in 1961 in Belgium. He studied Economy at EHL University in Diepenbeek and followed evening classes in photography in Antwerp.
He has
an interest in art, photography and traveling. At age 16 he started traveling
in Europe. He visited almost all european countries traveling by train in
two months. Later he visited Morocco, Turkey, Thailand and the US.
After his studies he joined the belgian navy for 4 years. He was a sailor and a petty officer on board the frigates F910 Wielingen and F913 Westhinder and spent about 8 months per year at sea.
During these years he also owned a sailing boat, a Contest 25, and spent most of his free time aboard this yacht.
In 1998 he and his Thai wife moved from Belgium to Thailand. The first few years in Thailand, he traveled all over the country to get to know Thailand and Thai culture better.
In 2002 he started to work as a freelance Tour Leader in Thailand and Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) and gained experience in the tourism business. He was a leader for groups of Kras, Arke Reizen, Holland International, Holiday International, Oad, Anders Reizen, Shoestring and Koning Aap.
In 2007 he started to work as a Division Manager Marketing at Turismo Asia Company, one of the biggest inbound agents (DMC) in Thailand. At the Bangkok head office he widened his knowledge of Products and Marketing & Sales strategies during more than 2 years. He was responsible for handling several European accounts of TUI (Jetair, VTB, Kras, Holland International, De Boer & Wendel, Nouvelles Frontières, Airtours, TUI Deutschland).
Working in the tourism industry in Thailand and Indochina, Johan has traveled extensively in Asia and appreciates the different peoples, art styles and cultures of this continent. The urge to create "different and better travel experiences" for tourists was the key reason he founded Monsoon Adventure with his friend Willem.
Discover the real Asia with the Monsoon Adventure Group Tours.
