MEKONG
INNOVATIONS IN
SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM
To build a network of learning with an end goal to promote moonshot thinking, partnerships and innovative ideas.
To encourage diversity of thoughts and promote cross-cultural learning and collaboration among citymakers.
To identify innovation by bringing various stakeholders together to make our travel industry more sustainable and resilient.
To empower the next-generation of civil society leaders and build citizen participation to make tourism more resilient and socially inclusive by catalysing change in the ways sustainability is planned, developed, and celebrated.
To connect solutions and ventures to MTCO, local governments, regional ODAs, and civil society partners for partnership and real- world testing.
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WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
Have access to hackatons and the bootcamp to learn startup fundamentals and meet MIST’s corps of mentors.
Access the Mekong region’s tourism and travel ecosystem, including investors, mentors, incubators, government officials, and other businesses.
Compete to get partnered with an expert mentor.
Compete to win in-kind support to help you propel your business.
WHAT’S IN IT
FOR ME?
Have access to hackatons and the bootcamp to learn startup fundamentals and meet MIST’s corps of mentors.
Access the Mekong region’s tourism and travel ecosystem, including investors, mentors, incubators, government officials, and other businesses.
Compete to get partnered with an expert mentor.
Compete to win in-kind support to help you propel your business.
WHAT DOES INNOVATION LOOK LIKE?
MIST is especially looking for solutions – both tech and non-tech – in 11 areas.
- Personalization of the travel and hospitality experience.
- Better security for travelers and their transactions.
- Multimodal transportation planning and booking.
- Regional connectivity between destinations in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
- Better payments models throughout the travel value chain (B2C and B2B).
- Facilities, asset, and inventory management for hotels and resorts.
- Reduced environmental impact.
- Enhanced customer experiences in travel and hospitality.
- Automation in hotels and resorts.
- Improved conversions for booking platforms.
- Solutions for overdevelopment and “overtourism.”
Your solution need not be high-tech, but it should be innovative and scalable..
JUDGING
The judges and mentors of the MIST program will be members of the Mekong Tourism Advisory Group (MeTAG).
Destination Mekong