Suzy Bennett

Suzy Bennett

Suzy Bennett is an award-winning travel journalist and photographer with a longstanding commitment to responsible tourism.

Throughout her career, Suzy has reported on conservation and community-based initiatives ranging from gorilla tracking in Rwanda and conservation-focused shark diving to Aboriginal-led tourism. Her work reflects a particular interest in how travel can protect wildlife, support local livelihoods and forge meaningful connections between visitors and the places they explore.

Today, Suzy focuses much of her work on her beloved Devon, celebrating its landscapes, cultural heritage and distinctive local experiences. She handles all the Devon coverage for Telegraph Travel and contributes regularly to The Times and Condé Nast Traveller.

Alongside her travel journalism, Suzy is one of the UK's leading writers and photographers of traditional crafts. She founded The Dartmoor Artisan Trail, an award-winning arts, crafts and food network connecting visitors with Dartmoor's traditional craftspeople, artists and producers. The project demonstrates how tourism can support small rural businesses, celebrate cultural heritage, sustain traditional skills and encourage visitors to engage more deeply with local communities.

The trail was featured on BBC Countryfile and widely acclaimed in the national media. The Guardian named it the UK's best new travel experience, an accolade also awarded by the British Guild of Travel Writers. Suzy received the Heritage Crafts Association's Volunteer Award in recognition of her work.

Her sell-out book, Artisans of Dartmoor, celebrates the people preserving and reinventing the moor's rich craft heritage and was shortlisted for the British Book Design and Production Awards. Her photographic portraits of Dartmoor's artisans have also featured in solo exhibitions at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and Dartmoor National Park's visitor centre.

Before becoming a travel journalist, Suzy worked as a crime reporter at the Old Bailey. She is a scuba-diving instructor and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Suzy is particularly interested in regenerative tourism and its potential to restore nature, strengthen rural economies and deliver lasting benefits for local communities. She welcomes commissions and collaborations that explore creative, practical ways of making tourism a positive force for change.