Rajan Datar

Rajan Datar is an award-winning and international broadcaster, writer and now a podcaster with his new show “Travel That Made Me”. A current affairs journalist who after 40 years is now one of the most recognisable faces of international TV travelogues - latest programmes on the BBC include : Gaudi’s Barcelona, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka - fifty half hour BBC docs in total. He has recently made programmes for the BBC's AI:Decoded and has made keynote speeches about the impact of AI on the travel industry. In May 2026 he led a fact-finding delegation to the Alibaba HQ in China. In May 2024 he was the presenter of a 3 part special on BBC Radio 4, "The Tourist Trap" about the pressures record-breaking tourist numbers are imposing on popular destinations, local communities and the environment. In September 2024 he was a special guest on Trevor Noah's What Now podcast (previous guests Bill Gates, Roger Federer) In February 2026 he delivered a key note speech at Forbes Travel Summit