The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition 2018 (Fully Funded to San Sebastián, Spain,

Application Deadline: April 1st 2019

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in collaboration with the Basque Culinary Center, presents the First Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition.
Mission

Identify challenges and projects, and catalyzing innovations that can transform the Gastronomy Tourism sector in the near future.

Gastronomy tourism stimulates entrepreneurship and the generation of new companies and organizations that necessarily affect other industries transversally and fosters values such as:

• Sustainability based on maintaining a balance between economic growth and gastronomic culture and heritage
• The quality of initiatives from production to experience, along the entire tourism value chain
• Authentic communication and a coherent narrative of gastronomic offerings with the participation of all the stakeholders of the sector; from chefs to the media
• Cooperation among all actors throughout the entire value chain of the gastronomic and tourism sector
• Authenticity by highlighting cultural heritage, local products and cultural values

Eligibility Requirements:

startups with most disruptive ideas focused on solving real needs in the tourism and gastronomy sector with a responsible approach.

In particular, we are targeting startups that are:

• In the Early Stage or Series A Stage
• Both for-profit and non-profit
• Natural or legal persons
• Startups with a minimum viable product (MVP)
• Startups with potential for scalability
• Startups with a sustainable vision

Benefits:

Awards

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the UNWTO Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition 2018