__NOTOC__ Floortje Dessing (born 31 August 1970 in

Heemstede Heemstede () is a town and a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. In 2021, it had a population of 27,545. Located just south of the city of Haarlem on the border with South Holland, it is one of the richest ...

) is a Dutch radio and

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, producer and

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, best known for her various travel TV shows. She graduated from the

Utrecht School of the Arts The Utrecht School for the Arts () is a performing arts and visual arts educational institution in City of Utrecht, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands. The school opened for student enrollment in September 1987. Overview The institution has 6 ...

. 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'', ' and ''Floortje naar het einde van de wereld'', for several Dutch TV broadcasters. Her brother Johan Dessing is member of the Dutch senate for the FvD party.

North Korea

In 2011 Dessing and her crew traveled through

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

, 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

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and has two boutiques, which sell clothing that is fair trade and has been produced in an environment-friendly way. Since 2009 Dessing has been a supporter of the

Greenpeace Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of Environmental movement, environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its biod ...

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

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and to the Dutch Max Havelaar foundation for fair trade.

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* 1970 births Living people Dutch radio presenters Dutch women radio presenters Dutch television presenters Dutch women television presenters People from Heemstede Utrecht School of the Arts alumni {{Netherlands-bio-stub