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UNWTO 4th Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition 2024

Deadline: June 6, 2024

Applications are open for the UNWTO 4th Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition 2024 . UNWTO in collaboration with Basque Culinary Center launch the 4TH Global Competition for Gastronomy Tourism Startups. Their mission is to identify challenges and projects, and catalyzing innovations that can transform the Gastronomy Tourism sector in the near future.

Tourism is a driver of inclusive and sustainable economic growth, a cross-cutting sector with a high impact on the promotion of social welfare, with the aim of promoting the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

With continuous growth in the last decade, tourism generates approximately one in 10 jobs, and accounts for 10.2% of world GDP. At its intersection with the gastronomy sector, food tourism or culinary tourism, it is organized around experiential trips and assumes as part of its essence ethical and sustainable values related to the territory, heritage, local culture, local products, authenticity, tradition or culinary techniques at the local, regional or national level.

The undoubted influence of gastronomy in travel and the growing demand for gastronomic tourism have made this area one of the segments with the greatest development opportunities attracting growing interest on the part of governments. Food tourism has become one of the most dynamic and creative segments of tourism and, at the same time, has naturally positioned itself as an element of diversification of tourism with a high impact on the promotion of sustainable development at the regional and local levels.

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
• Gastronomic tourism is in itself, a stimulus to creativity, innovation and sustainable growth where startups with disruptive and open visions can propose new future scenarios that have a positive and transversal impact on various sectors so that they can collaborate and contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The Competition

• New Technologies: Startups that are developing and promoting a startup with a high technological component to provide solutions or new services related to the Gastronomic Tourism sector.
• Local Impact: Startups that are developing and promoting a project with a high component of transformation and social improvement in its area of implementation and that are attached to the Gastronomic Tourism sector.
• Sustainability and Waste: Startups that are developing and promoting a project with a high component of sustainability and/or food waste management related to the impact generated by tourists.
• Mentoring by UNWTO and top partners
• Tailored support for your startup
• Investment opportunities
• Form part of the UNWTO Innovation Network
• Scholarship opportunities for the Tourism Online Academy
• Opportunity to present your startup at the 8th UNWTO Gastronomy Tourism Forum in San Sebastián, Spain (October 2023)
• Use of a space in the LABe- Digital Gastronomy Lab facilities for 6 months
• Participate as a finalist company in the corresponding edition of Culinary Action! – On the road, the first foodtech startup competition in roadshow format
• Advanced Plan of the GOe Digital Community for 6 months, which is the first digital community within the 360º gastronomy sector

Eligibility

• Open to projects and innovations focused on the Gastronomy Tourism sector.
• The startup may be based in any region of the world.

Selection Criteria

• Scope into the Gastronomy Tourism Sector
• Innovation: Degree of comparative disruptiveness / innovation in the sector (global level); not technological component required.
• Social Impact of the Start-up: Focused on meeting unmet social needs in different realms, to foster employability of young and/or vulnerable people, depopulation of the territory, population aging and/or gender equality; and with tangible indicators to that effect.
• Traction: Capacity to transform the localized environment; ability to generate a change in society, improving the social conditions of the beneficiary groups and / or promoting their recognition before society.
• A tested MVP: product or service prototype, tested and tested, with already measured or measurable results. Potential impact of the business: potential scalability/financial return and/or development of competitive advantages for the business in the short-medium term.
• Ease of value capture via collaboration with the Start-up: agile implementation in the short-medium term for co-development of products/services, optimizing the use of existing resources/infrastructure and ability to scale the product.
• Committed team. Team with explicit knowledge about the area of action; positive assessment of the endorsement of a public or private organization on the execution of the project
• Adherence to the Sustainable Development Goals: Linking and tangible social impact metrics in relation to the priority SDG.

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Start-up category

20 selected Start-ups will be shortlisted by a panel of international experts and stakeholders from the gastronomy tourism sector (public and private sector, academia, and civil society)

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The 5 finalist startups will have a sponsored trip to pitch their idea to a panel of experts, governments, industry leaders and international investors who will attend the 6th Edition of the World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism to be held in Flanders, Belgium on 1-3 June 2020.

Pitch and connect

The winning startup will have the possibility of presenting on a global platform and increasing the impact together with the support of experts from BCC and UNWTO with a tailor–made support programme in the Culinary Action! Acceleration programme. Participation in the Acceleration will include financial support for travel and accommodation expenses for up to 3.000 Euros.

Accelerate and incubate

The winning company will have the opportunity to design a pilot project with the Basque Culinary Center and implement it with the help of its network.

Implement an international pilot project

How do we evaluate projects?

The projects must be aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations and the introduction or adaptation of digital and technological elements, and focused on one (or several) of the following areas:

• Destination management or private management of solutions/products/services developed around gastronomy as gastronomic tourism products
• Supply-side configuration seeking balance between sustainable development and the profitability of the project, maximizing the positive impacts on the community.
• Connection with the market and the user experience in all phases of the trip.
• The integration of sustainability in the project´s business plan, specifically the conservation of local ingredients and the relationship between culture, heritage, gastronomy, tourism and economic growth

The projects will be evaluated on the following criteria:

We are looking for startups with a project/product/service proposal that will disrupt the sector by introducing new concepts not yet identified in the gastronomic tourism industry

We are looking for startups with a sound business model that has the potential for scalability in another environment/market/region making it feasible to increase and grow its social, technological and economic impact.

We are looking for startups in growth or seed stages that have tested their idea and have an Minimum Viable Product (MVP) tested in a real market.

We are looking for startups that have an entrepreneurial team suited to the needs and characteristics of the project, with high motivation, interest and commitment to its development.

We are looking for startups that have experience in the co-development of products/services and interest in accessing collaborations with partners in the sector.

We are looking for startups that integrate sustainability into the business model of the project, taking special care of the relationship between culture, heritage, gastronomy, tourism and economic growth.

We are looking for startups in which a technological or digital component is embedded in the business model.

Who can apply?

Startups 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

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• 2nd UNWTO Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition

The World Tourism Organization in collaboration with the Basque Culinary Center holds the 2nd Global Competition for Gastronomy Tourism Startups.

Its main objective is to identify disruptive startups and projects that can transform the Gastronomy Tourism sector in the near future.

*Startup *Social innovation

Launch: 28 January 2020 Deadline for applications: 6 April 2020 Announcement finalists: 4 May Final pitch session and announcement of the winner: 1-3 June

Tourism is a driver of inclusive and sustainable economic growth, a cross-cutting sector with a high impact on the promotion of social welfare, with the aim of promoting the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

With continuous growth in the last decade, tourism generates approximately one in 10 jobs, and accounts for 10.2% of world GDP. At its intersection with the gastronomy sector, food tourism or culinary tourism, it is organized around experiential trips and assumes as part of its essence ethical and sustainable values related to the territory, heritage, local culture, local products, authenticity, tradition or culinary techniques at the local, regional or national level.

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

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UN Tourism has launched the 4th Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition, organized in collaboration with the Basque Culinary Center.

The competition aims to accelerate gastronomy tourism initiatives in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It seeks to identify challenges, catalyze innovations, and promote projects that can transform the gastronomy tourism industry.

Key facts of the competition:

• Theme:  Transforming Gastronomy Tourism through innovation
• Categories : We are seeking innovative startups and SMEs that can submit applications falling under one of the following three categories: New Technologies, Local Impact, and Sustainability and Waste.
• Requirements : Startups focusing on technological solutions for gastronomic tourism, startups that have a significant positive effect on the local community, and startups dedicated to tackling issues related to sustainability and food waste management.
• Competition Timeline:  June 6, 2024, is the deadline for submitting applications. September 6, 2024: Finalist startups will be announced on the competition webpage. Announcement of the winning projects will take place during the 9th UN Tourism World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism, with winners participating in a pitch session.

Further information and details on how to apply can be found at the following link:

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The Forum was hosted in Nara, Japan. During the two-day event, more than 450 delegates from 30 countries were in attendance, along with over 1,000 online participants from 125 countries. 

The 3rd UNWTO Global Gastronomy Startup Competition

The 3rd UNWTO Global Gastronomy Startup Competition was also hosted in Nara. Six entrepreneurs presented their solutions for sustainable tourism in line with Sustainable Development Goals. The six nominated companies included byFood.com from Japan, Local Food from Bulgaria, 24921OneArmenia from Armenia, Tenemos Filo from Colombia, Beyondnext from South Korea, and Soplaya from Italy. 

ByFood Wins the 3rd UNWTO Global Gastronomy Startup Competition

ByFood.com was chosen as the winner of the 3rd UNWTO Global Gastronomy Startup Competition. ByFood COO Serkan Toso accepted the award:

“Thank you for giving us such a valuable award. Thank you to everyone involved in byFood, the whole team is grateful to be recognized. 

After two and a half years of dealing with the global pandemic, Japan has finally started accepting tourists from overseas again. Japanese food and culture attract attention from all over the world, so we are doing our best to promote sustainable tourism to support efforts against over-tourism and rural revitalization. 

ByFood will continue to contribute to rural revitalization and our social program, Food for Happiness , to share the joy of food with children all over the world” 

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UNWTO in collaboration with Basque Culinary Center has launched the 4th Global Competition for Gastronomy Tourism Startups to identify challenges and projects, and catalyzing innovations that can transform the Gastronomy Tourism sector in the near future.

Food tourism has become one of the most dynamic and creative segments of tourism and, at the same time, has naturally positioned itself as an element of diversification of tourism with a high impact on the promotion of sustainable development at the regional and local levels.

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
• Gastronomic tourism is in itself, a stimulus to creativity, innovation and sustainable growth where startups with disruptive and open visions can propose new future scenarios that have a positive and transversal impact on various sectors so that they can collaborate and contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The competition

• Startups that are developing and promoting a startup with a high technological component to provide solutions or new services related to the Gastronomic Tourism sector.
• Startups that are developing and promoting a project with a high component of transformation and social improvement in its area of implementation and that are attached to the Gastronomic Tourism sector.
• Startups that are developing and promoting a project with a high component of sustainability and/or food waste management related to the impact generated by tourists.
• Mentoring by UNWTO and top partners.
• Tailored support for your startup.
• Investment opportunities.
• Form part of the UNWTO Innovation Network.
• Scholarship opportunities for the Tourism Online Academy.
• Opportunity to present your startup at the 8th UNWTO Gastronomy Tourism Forum in San Sebastián, Spain (October 2023).
• Use of a space in the LABe- Digital Gastronomy Lab facilities for 6 months.
• Participate as a finalist company in the corresponding edition of Culinary Action! – On the road, the first foodtech startup competition in roadshow format.
• Advanced Plan of the GOe Digital Community for 6 months, which is the first digital community within the 360º gastronomy sector.
• Scope into the Gastronomy Tourism Sector
• Innovation: Degree of comparative disruptiveness/innovation in the sector (global level); not technological component required.
• Social Impact of the Start-up: Focused on meeting unmet social needs in different realms, to foster employability of young and/or vulnerable people, depopulation of the territory, population aging and/or gender equality; and with tangible indicators to that effect.
• Traction: Capacity to transform the localized environment; ability to generate a change in society, improving the social conditions of the beneficiary groups and/or promoting their recognition before society.
• A tested MVP: product or service prototype, tested and tested, with already measured or measurable results. Potential impact of the business: potential scalability/financial return and/or development of competitive advantages for the business in the short-medium term.
• Ease of value capture via collaboration with the Start-up: agile implementation in the short-medium term for co-development of products/services, optimizing the use of existing resources/infrastructure and ability to scale the product.
• Committed team. Team with explicit knowledge about the area of action; positive assessment of the endorsement of a public or private organization on the execution of the project.
• Adherence to the Sustainable Development Goals: Linking and tangible social impact metrics in relation to the priority SDG.

For more information, visit  UNWTO .

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Application Deadline: 6 June 2024

Applications are now open for the 2024 UNWTO Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition.

Following the success of previous editions,  UNWTO  in collaboration with  Basque Culinary Center  launch the  4TH Global Competition for Gastronomy Tourism Startups . The Mission is to 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
• Gastronomic tourism is in itself, a stimulus to creativity, innovation and sustainable growth where startups with disruptive and open visions can propose new future scenarios that have a positive and transversal impact on various sectors so that they can collaborate and contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

THE COMPETITION:

New Technologies

Startups that are developing and promoting a startup with a high technological component to provide solutions or new services related to the Gastronomic Tourism sector. Local Impact

Startups that are developing and promoting a project with a high component of transformation and social improvement in its area of implementation and that are attached to the Gastronomic Tourism sector. Sustainability and Waste

Startups that are developing and promoting a project with a high component of sustainability and/or food waste management related to the impact generated by tourists.

• Scope into the  Gastronomy Tourism Sector
• Innovation: Degree of comparative  disruptiveness / innovation  in the sector (global level); not technological component required.
• Social Impact of the Start-up : Focused on meeting unmet social needs in different realms, to foster employability of young and/or vulnerable people, depopulation of the territory, population aging and/or gender equality; and with tangible indicators to that effect.
• Traction:  Capacity to transform  the localized environment; ability to generate a change in society, improving the social conditions of the beneficiary groups and / or promoting their recognition before society.
• A tested MVP: product or service prototype, tested and tested, with already measured or measurable results.  Potential impact of the business : potential scalability/financial return and/or development of competitive advantages for the business in the short-medium term.
• Ease of value capture via  collaboration  with the Start-up: agile implementation in the short-medium term for co-development of products/services, optimizing the use of existing resources/infrastructure and ability to scale the product.
• Committed team . Team with explicit knowledge about the area of action; positive assessment of the endorsement of a public or private organization on the execution of the project
• Adherence to the  Sustainable Development Goals : Linking and tangible social impact metrics in relation to the priority SDG.
• Mentoring by UNWTO and top partners 
• Tailored support for your startup 
• Investment opportunities  
• Form part of the  UNWTO Innovation Network  
• Scholarship opportunities for the  Tourism Online Academy  
• Opportunity to present your startup at the  8th UNWTO Gastronomy Tourism Forum in San Sebastián, Spain  (October 2023) 
• Use of a space in the  LABe- Digital Gastronomy Lab facilities  for 6 months. 
• Participate as a finalist company in the corresponding edition of  Culinary Action!  
• On the road, the first foodtech startup competition in roadshow format. 
• Advanced Plan of the  GOe Digital Community  for 6 months, which is the first digital community within the 360º gastronomy sector.

For More Information:

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

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Asia and the Pacific’s growing status as a gastronomy tourism destination has been celebrated as key stakeholders look to a more inclusive and sustainable future.

The first UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Asia and the Pacific built on the success of the global event to serve as a platform for public and private sector leaders to address the main challenges and opportunities in this fast-emerging part of global tourism.

As with the World Forum, the event was co-organized by UN Tourism and the Basque Culinary Centre (BCC) and hosted by the Department of Tourism of the Philippines .

Ministers map better policies for a more inclusive future

Food is at the heart of every tourist experience, and gastronomy tourism delivers many social and economic benefits

Reflecting the strong commitment of its Member States to harnessing the economic and social benefits of gastronomy tourism, UN Tourism put the focus on policy frameworks and government action.

Addressing an opening Ministerial Dialogue, Christina Garcia Frasco, Secretary of the Department of Tourism of the Philippines, joined Martini M. Paham, Deputy Minister for Resources and Institutions of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, Jakkaphon Tangsutthitham, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, Mitsuaki Hoshino, Vice-Commissioner of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for the Japan Tourism Agency and Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (China). The Ministers made the case for policies and strategies that enhance the benefits of gastronomy tourism and the importance of connecting tourism with other sectors namely agriculture, culture and rural development.

UN Tourism Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said: “Food is at the heart of every tourist experience, and gastronomy tourism delivers many social and economic benefits. For it to deliver on its potential, we need to create well-defined gastronomy tourism policies and strategies that bring together all stakeholders with a common vision and mission, as exemplified by this first regional Forum.”

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The event concluded with the Cebu Call to Action on Gastronomy Tourism , calling for both public and private sector leaders to develop comprehensive strategies at all levels to integrate gastronomy tourism into policy and practice. It urges the creation of governance mechanisms uniting stakeholders under a shared vision, fostering cooperation across sectors such as agriculture and culture, and supporting small businesses to enhance their market position. Emphasis was placed on empowering local communities through training and financing, promoting unique culinary experiences, and advocating for sustainable practices that protect local cultures and the environment.

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In line with UN Tourism’s focus on inclusive rural development, inclusion and sustainability, the Forum brought together academic, business leaders, community representatives and top chefs to explore some of the most pressing issues in the field of gastronomy tourism.

Emphasis was placed on ensuring the sector is managed in harmony with and empowers host communities and local traditions, including through the use of local products, greater linkages with agriculture and the creative industries and merging heritage with new trends. Among the “Chefs Leading Change” the Forum brought together three UN Tourism Ambassadors for Sustainable Tourism : Chef Pilar Rodriguez (Chile), Chef Rudolf Stefan (Croatia) and Chef Margarita Fores (Philippines),

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