Condé Nast Traveller’s – Most influential women in travel revealed – but who was the Only Royal to make the list?

Condé Nast Traveller has revealed the name of the most influential women in travel from around the globe.It brings out the names making the prestigious list. But only one of the many well-travelled royals made the cut – Any guess who she is?

Celebrating the “30 greatest female trailblazers who have shaped and inspired the travel world”, Condé Nast Traveller’s list features women from around the globe. Women from a selection of backgrounds, from pilots to journalists, have mostly make the list. Not unpredictably, a royal is also included – royals around the globe undertake tours as part of their official duties. So, which female royal was given the honour? It was not, in fact, the Queen, Princess Anne – famed for her work ethic, or even Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge.

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The lucky royal is in fact Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Queen Consort of Jordan.

Conde Nast Traveller noted the glamorous royal “has redefined the modern monarch during her world tours of duty”.

Hollywood royalty was also included, with Angelina Jolie name-checked thanks to her UN work.

The title commented that Jolie is “known to cover all her costs on missions” with the UN, which has taken her to more than 40 countries.

Readers can read more about each female traveller and vote online for the woman they think has had the most impact on travel via the Condé Nast Traveller website.

Queen Elizabeth flights royal travel staff plane

Condé Nast Traveller World’s Most Influental Woman Travellers Full List

Angelina Jolie – Special Envoy for the UN and Hollywood actress

Dame Jane Goodall – English Primatologist

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah – Queen Consort of Jordan & founder of her charity Jordan River Foundation

Karen Blixen – Author

Cheryl Strayed – Author

Maureen Wheeler – Intrepid traveller and the co-founder of Lonely Planet

Eve Arnold – Photojournalist

Bessie Coleman – Pilot

Laura Dekker – Sailor

Amelia Earhart – Pilot

Marie Colvin – Frontline Correspondent and American Journalist

Kris Tompkins – Conservationist and ex-CEO of outdoor clothing company Patagonia

Nyaruach – Musician

Anisa Kamadoli Costa – Tiffany & Co Sustainability Officer.

Valentina Tereshkove – Cosmonaut

Martha Gellhorn – War Correspondent

Robyn Davidson – Intrepid Adventurer and writer

Dervla Murphy – Touring cyclist and author

Harriet Chalmers Adams – Photojournalist and one of the founders of the Society of Women Geographers

Junko Tabei – Mountaineer and explorer

Hanli Prinsloo – World-breaking free diver

Dian Fossey – Primatologist, conservationist and author of Gorillas in the Mist

Jeanne Baret – Explorer

Gertrude Bell – Political officer, administrator, and archaeologist, traveller and writer

Sarah Marquis – Explorer

Freya Stark – Explorer and travel writer

Noo Saro-Wiwa – Author of Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria

Cristina Mitermeier – Award-winning photographer and established the International League of Conservation Photographers

Jan Morris – Author and travel writer

Annie Smith Peck – Mountaineer and adventurer

 

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