Maureen Wheeler

**Maureen Wheeler** AO 'yar kasuwa ce ta Arewacin Ireland da Australiya, wacce ta kafa mai wallafa tafiye-tafiye Lonely Planet tare da mijinta, Tony Wheeler .

## Rayuwa ta mutum
An haifi Maureen Wheeler a Belfast, Arewacin Ireland, kuma ta koma London tana da shekaru 20, inda ta sadu da mijinta na gaba, Tony . Sun yi tafiya daga London ta hanyar Turai da Asiya, sannan zuwa Ostiraliya. Wannan tafiya ta haifar da littafin jagora a duk faɗin Asiya a kan Cheap kuma ta kafa harsashin Lonely Planet . 

## Duniyar Mai kaɗaici
Wheelers sun rubuta littafin su na biyu na Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya a kan Shoestring . Tony Wheeler ya ce: "Ko da yake mun ci gaba da inganta ƙungiyar bayanai, kuma a cikin 2004 mun tura ta hanyar sake tsarawa da sake tsarawa, tsarin da muka kafa tare da wannan littafi na farko mai tsanani ya kasance mai ban mamaki har zuwa yau".

Ostiraliya ta zama gidansu na dindindin a cikin shekarun 1970s, amma Maureen ta gamsu cewa ba za su iya tallafa wa kansu ba ta hanyar Lonely Planet kuma sun fara karatu a Jami'ar La Trobe a watan Fabrairun 1976 kuma sun kammala karatun digiri na farko a cikin Social Work a 1980.  Bayan haka, ta ba da kanta cikakken lokaci don bunkasa kasuwancin.

Wheeler ya ce a shekara ta 1979, "Mun koma cikin ofishi maimakon aiki daga gidanmu, mun dauki abokin tarayya (Jim Hart), kuma mun dauki littafin Indiya wanda ya haifar da littafi mafi girma a Indiya da aka taba gani. Har zuwa wannan lokacin, akwai uku daga cikinmu - duk littattafan an adana su a cikin wannan ƙaramin tin da aka zubar a baya da ƙarƙashin gadaje da ko'ina.  A cikin 1981, tare da ma'aikatan goma, Lonely Planet India an buga shi, ya zama mafi kyawun sayarwa.

Bayan ta haifi 'ya'yanta biyu, tambayoyin da Wheeler ya samu daga iyaye suna mamakin idan za a jinkirta tafiya har sai yaran suka girma, ya sa ta rubuta littafin jagora. Shekaru na kwarewarta a kan hanya tare da 'ya'yanta sun ba ta damar rubuta Travel With Children don ba da shawara kan yadda za a yi tafiya ba tare da damuwa ba.

A cikin 'yan shekarun da suka biyo baya Lonely Planet ya zama babban gidan wallafe-wallafen, tare da ofisoshi a Melbourne, London da Oakland, sama da ma'aikata 500 da marubuta 300. Kamfanin yana sayar da littattafai miliyan shida a kowace shekara, kashi 90 cikin dari a kasashen waje. Lonely Planet ya buga fiye da miliyan 54 na jagororin 600 a cikin harsuna 17 kuma yana da dala miliyan 85 na shekara-shekara.

Wheeler ya shirya taron koli na tafiye-tafiye na Lonely Planet guda biyu a cikin 1994 da 1997. 

Wheeler ya kasance mai motsawa a bayan shirin bayar da gudummawar kamfanoni na Lonely Planet wanda aka kafa don samar da taimakon kudi ga ayyukan jin kai a Kasashe masu tasowa. Mataki na gaba na aikinta na agaji shine ƙirƙirar Gidauniyar Planet Wheeler ta hanyar tallafawa ta da kuɗi daga sayar da Lonely Planet ga BBC.

## Matsayi da ya riƙe
 

* 2000 zuwa 2006 - Darakta a Hukumar Yawon Bude Ido ta Tasmania, yana aiki wa'adi biyu.
* 2005 - Mataimakin Farfesa a Ma'aikatar Wasanni, Yawon Bude Ido da Gudanar da Baƙi a Kwalejin Shari'a da Gudanarwa a Jami'ar La Trobe . 
* 2006 - Darakta a Kwamitin yawon bude ido na NT . 
* 2008 - Kwamitin Ba da Shawara na Australian Aid International .
* 2014 - Darakta a Kwamitin Kamfanin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Melbourne . 

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