{"id":2092,"date":"2021-05-26T01:02:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T01:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourism-villages.unwto.org\/rural-tourism-competition\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:37:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:37:29","slug":"rural-tourism-startup-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourism-villages.unwto.org\/en\/news\/rural-tourism-startup-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Tourism Start-Up Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2092\" class=\"elementor elementor-2092 elementor-595\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94e60f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94e60f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd8f344 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd8f344\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-beb1d6f\" data-id=\"beb1d6f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f502a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0f502a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5044f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rural Tourism Start-Up Competition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6a2c95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6a2c95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-439c51d\" data-id=\"439c51d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d3ec81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8d3ec81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b19d06e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b19d06e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8a2d2d\" data-id=\"c8a2d2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f26b3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f26b3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Madrid, Spain, 6 April 2021 &#8211; The United Nations specialized agency has recorded rising interest in unique and authentic travel experiences, including in nature-based and outdoors tourism. With this trend expected to accelerate as tourism restarts, the Startup Competition is looking for those ideas that will help ensure rural communities are best-placed to benefit. The competition will also look for ideas that will help build resilience in rural communities. The Competition aims to support rural tourism as a key tool to fight depopulation, promote inclusion and reduce regional inequalities in income and development as part of UNWTO\u2019s special focus on tourism for rural development.<\/p><p>The Competition aims to support rural tourism as a key tool to fight depopulation, promote inclusion and reduce regional inequalities in income and development as part of UNWTO\u2019s special focus on tourism for rural development.<\/p><p>Applications are now open for four categories:<\/p><ul><li><strong>People \u2013Leaving no one behind:<\/strong> Projects that incentivize the creation of jobs and opportunities, promote gender and youth empowerment, and build opportunities for vulnerable groups in rural areas.<\/li><li><strong>Planet \u2013 Building back better <\/strong>Projects related to the promotion and protection of natural resources, including addressing tourism\u2019s impact on climate change, we as well as waste and resource consumption.<\/li><li><strong>Prosperity- opportunities for growth: <\/strong>Startups that provide innovative solutions through new business models, instruments that promote access to finance, markets and marketing for tourism in rural areas.<\/li><li><strong>Propulsion of Rural Tech <\/strong>\u2013 Implementation of new technologies to advance tourism and development in rural areas.<\/li><\/ul><p>The deadline for applications is <strong>1 July 2021<\/strong>. Winners will be invited to take part in the UNWTO General Assembly, to be held in Marrakesh, Morocco, this October.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7a8540 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7a8540\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20f808a\" data-id=\"20f808a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ee003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"34ee003\" 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