Five Vietnamese tourism startups enter MIST final round

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese startups namely Bayo, I Love Asia, Dichung, Chameleon City and Morning Rooms have been selected to the final round of the Mekong Innovative Startup Tourism (MIST) awards.

They will present their business plans at the upcoming Mekong Tourism Forum together with eight others from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar to vie for four prizes worth US$7,000-10,000 each.

Leading tourism experts chose 12 out of total 250 entries from four countries on a wide range of fields such as tourism technological solutions, traditional tourism products, hospitality services, accommodation, restaurants and social businesses.

One of criteria to choose startups to present their business plans at the Mekong Tourism Forum is their contributions to socio-economic and tourism development in the Greater Mekong Sub-region,  and job generation for local people, especially women, said Mr.Jens Threanhart, Executive Director of the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office.

The Mekong Tourism Forum which will be held in Laos on June 6-9 provides a cooperative platform for public and private sector stakeholders in the tourism industry to discuss the development, marketing and promotion of travel to, from and within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), and monitor sustainable and responsible tourism growth. 
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