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Neom: Tourism Experiences of the Future
Participate in making tomorrow’s tourism a reality today – by entering your project
Meet the Finalists
NEARMOTION welcomes, guides and rewards NEOM visitors on their smartphones. In order to create an extraordinary visitor experience, NEARMOTION’s SaaS platform digitally maps indoor and outdoor attractions, defining points of interest and routes between them in addition to managing location based engagement.
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About NEOM:
NEOM will be packed with numerous opportunities:
Open challenge for innovative ideas to help improve the future tourism experiences in NEOM, the land of innovation.
The projects will be selected based on the following criteria: innovation, viability, sustainability.
The projects must be aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations and should include the introduction or adaptation of digital and technological elements, as well as being focused on one (or several) of the following areas:- Optimizing and maximizing the potential of experiential tourism
- Harnessing the impact of new technology
- Alternative business models
- Innovative experiences
1. The challenge:
2. Calendar:
26 September 2021
Launch of the Challenge
2 November 2021
Deadline for applications
04 November 2021
Announcement of the pre-selected start-ups
12 November 2021
Final pitches of 5 winning teams and announcement of winners in NEOM
3. Requirements:
- Must be a Saudi Citizen living in Saudi Arabia or abroad
- Innovative/disruptive nature identified
In addition, other requirements will be evaluated such as market, sector and potential.
4. Benefits for winners
- Mentoring by UNWTO and top partners.
- Tailored support for your start-up.
- Be a part of the UNWTO Innovation Network.
- Scholarship opportunities for the Tourism Online Academy.
- Opportunity to present your start-up at The Tourism Experiences of the Future in NEOM, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in October of 2021.
- Piloting of your project by NEOM.
- Financial compensation for the winners. Semifinalists prizes are $2,000 for each winner and the winner will receive $10,000 overall prize.
About Innovation at UNWTO:
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) believes that innovation is the key to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. To drive the digitalization of tourism, create an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem that will maximize the potential of the sector in terms of economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development, and to anticipate, address and overcome the new challenges and trends of the tourism sector, in 2018 UNWTO developed a framework for Innovation, Education, Digital Transformation and Investments.In addition, other requirements will be evaluated such as market, sector and potential.