Announcing the 2019 Tourism Competition Finalists, Best Ideas

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As tourism becomes increasingly important to communities around the world, the need to develop tourism sustainably also becomes a primary concern. Green Paradise is borne out of the need to develop an environmentally and socially responsible tourism attractions – a must-visit destination in Africa, to be situated in the Abo lake, Abo, Nigeria. It is a form of tourism development that will take proper consideration of the host people, communities, cultures, customs, lifestyles, and social and economic system. Apart from the Abo lake being a very good location for tourist attractions, it will also promote the dispersal of visitors beyond the city centres. Being a natural resort will also make it more fascinating for visitors who will like to have photo sessions and picnics around the area. This scenic area is rich in history and includes landmark like Colonial Master Mongo Park\’s anchor. The objective of my idea is to develop a world-class tourism destination that meets the needs of the tourists and the host regions while protecting and enhancing opportunities for the future. It seeks to: (1) Develop green tourism activities associated with preserving and promoting the values of natural resources and environmental protection. (2) Provide direct and indirect employment to over 1,000 people by 2030, and contributes to the presentation and promotion of cultural values. (3) Attract about 2,000 international visitors by 2030, and serve over 500,000 domestic tourists. When implemented, Green Paradise will house a Museum, Water park, Fisherman\’s Wharf, Games Arcade, Film Village, Recreational park, Restuarant, and accommodation facilities. We will also collaborate with international travel and tourism agencies like ITB Berlin, UNWTO, WATA to host an annual international cultural festival to promote the cultural heritage of the people.

2019-07-24 11:12:45

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There are limited tourism and recreational center that promote cultural heritage in our region. Those that are available are very far from each other and are mainly located beyond the so called Red line. In addition those in the northern part of the country do not cater for school going youth and have little or no information about Namibian cultures hence its costly to some parents to pay for trips that schools normally make for the information that can be made available in the region. Tourism is also limited in this area but we have the resource that can attract tourists/adventures people. Researchers travel to Owela museum in Windhoek which is 700KM away from our region or Swakopmund museum which is 1000KM away from our region in search for information related to the Namibia cultures particularly Oshiwambo Culture. These two museums still do not have sufficient information. Furthermore, culture is dying in the life of our youth today as they spend all their time on social media, in doing other ill activities and imitating trending fashion, new technologies, new way of life while neglecting their own culture and traditions. In addition gone are days when parents use to sit with their children around fire and tell them all about culture and heritage as they are now busy watching Television.

2019-05-06 10:08:22

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Weview app is a virtual tourism app which helps people to make money while they are contacting each other. In this app you could be the guide, the tourist, or both. Assume that you want to see a historical place, cultural event or something that seems interesting to you and is around them. You, as a tourist, pays the guide to show you what exactly you want, with explanation or details of the place or event and they will be your personal guide in somewhere you cant be. Each tourist pays a fee per hour to the guide. The fees counts by dollar and each person pays and gets the money by its local currency. Each tourist rate the guide who shows them around. This rate is based on the information they gave, the patient that they have to show a place and the accuracy on what their doing. Tourists get rate too, by their manners and behaviours. The amount of payment could be in two ways, A. People turn that to cash money and, B. They keep it as a credit in their account. This account could help them, if they want to see somewhere in another country and by their own currency, it can be so expensive. So, maybe someone already pays them on dollar, and they can pay by dollar in their credit, without paying extra for currency difference. Think of opportunity in which you could see 5 different places in the world, just in few days, and spend less money on knowing how is other places in the world.

2019-07-29 15:25:00

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Women\’s empowerment depends to a large extent on their ability to participate in the economic life of their society and country. Through this participation, one of the objectives of this project will be to create employment opportunities for women in the Jordanian regions through the use of the platform (Diamond Hands). Where the Diamond Hands platform offers a radical solution to the problems in the form of an interactive e-community to highlight artistic works and products by women and enable customers to view and purchase products and artwork directly from them. The platform also enables women to hire other less experienced women to help them complete their work, or seek help and advice from more experienced women to capitalize on their experiences. Our primary goal is to empower women by giving them the education and skills to be successful as independent business people. This goal is achieved through the platform by organizing training on various business-related topics to promote entrepreneurship. Goals and Objectives Overall goal: Invest in the empowerment of women living in small communities of Jordan by enhancing their business skill set. Objective A: Educate artisan women across Jordan in sustainable business creation Objective B: Assist artisan women in the regions of Jordan to market their product. Description of activities: A. Supply Chain Management module training of women in the regions of Jordan. – Four training courses will be organized in each handicraft area of Jordan. B. Ongoing coaching and reinforcement of the principles introduced in the training so that these sit at her home and are practiced in their daily activities. – Diamond Hands staff will visit each of the producer partners on at least a quarterly basis. C. Develop new, market oriented products and and marketed through the platform.

2019-05-13 10:27:07

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Yalla Tour is an application that will work like your own tour-guide that will work anytime of the day and at your own pace. In the app you find pin points in the map where you can start a tour, when you get to one of the spots you connect your headphones and start your tour, a voice will play which will start telling you information about the place and where you should go next, it will basically work like a tour-guide, allowing tourists to go through their tours in their own pace, provide higher security and make the whole process easier and available in many languages.

2019-07-03 16:16:42

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The main Objective of edUnify is to provide a platform for the planning and hosting of educative & professional events and tours. The events are planned primarily online using information available from relevant stake holders all registered on the platform, stake holders such as, the host (any registered member), attendees (any interested member), Hotels for reservations and venues, academic institutions, tourism and transportation agencies, etc. These events can then be carried out online on the platform or in real life at a designated venue according to the event as planned. Activities such as, conferences, competitions, research showcasing, academic lecture can be planned and hosted online while tourism events can be planned using the online facilities using information from verified stakeholders. A virtual tour can also be streamed online on the platform to give prospective attendees a foretaste of the real event. Membership to this community will be free. Registered members will be able to connect and follow people/pages/organizations that they have interest in, to keep abreast of their next event. Events to be hosted will range from free to paid events as decided by the host in form of e-tickets. edUnify will charge a percentage of the ticket fee. Organizations and businesses related to education and tourism such as transporters, airlines, hotels, universities and high schools can create special pages or upgrade to premium accounts to give them advertising opportunities and special services such as target marketing to attract patronage. Partnership can be set up with verifiable institutions to offer certificates on programs organized to boost interest. Online courses related to event planning, tourism and sustainable development can be offered in partnership with verified stakeholders. Universities can have online course and career center where they showcase the various courses and special programs offered in their institutions.

2019-05-16 17:53:41

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AwareWeGo is a mobile application for iOS and Android devices that people can use while travelling in every major city in the world ! Through a gamified UI users will take part in missions and enjoy their trip, learn interesting facts, connect with local people and contribute to the local community with simple actions related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals !! The app provides the opportunities and motivation through fun and games, to take action and help the society. AwareWeGo uses storytelling and gaming elements to keep users engaged. It is a great way to explore a city and at the same time contribute to the local community.

2019-06-12 16:17:50

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Objective : My objective behind this idea is to encourage & educate everyone to travel consciously, being respectful towards the environment. Irrespective of backpackers, luxury travelers or hitch hikers &while doing this, I also want to generate financial support to locals being ecological and economical. Activity & Innovative Approaches : My idea is to build a platform to design experiences for sustainable travelling. We focus on 3 basic things we need while travelling & ways to implement them to achieve sustainable development goals: 1) Mode of Travel – When traveler chooses mode of transport from place of origin to destination, he/she will be able to calculate the amount of the Co2 emission happening with option they choose. Considering this they can choose comparatively greener mode of transport from the available options. After this step, they will find innovative ways to make travel greener, applying those ideas. Depending upon the carbon-footprints being added to the environment through travel, he/she can compensate those footprint by donating to organizations who work to keep the balance of environment. 2) In local transport & local excursions – For Mobility within the city you are travelling to, this platform will provide options of green travel. To explore the place,this platform will provide options of different walking tours, bicycle tours for zero Co2 emission considering tourists interest. 3) Stay and food – This platform will provide sustainable options of accommodations like home-stays with local people, Eco-hostels, camping tents. This platform will provide details of source of food, energy suppliers at those stays. This platform will also provide maps with options to choose from restaurants which use only local products & believe in zero wastes while travelling. There will be options to use food delivery apps which believe in zero wastes, which also gives financial support to locals.

2019-07-31 23:56:11

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Kyajagali is a pot war rural community in Uganda, located amidst the Walusi hills in Luwero district where the Kabaka of Buganda, the biggest Kingdom in Uganda, goes for cultural hunting. The community makes traditional crafts, has very old structures (some over 100 years old) that represent the traditional building architecture in the region and practices several indigenous traditions including games. Nonetheless, subsistence farming remains their only source of livelihood. Tour-hope is an entrepreneur\’s vision to exploit the villages cultural heritage and strategic location to turn it into a tourist destination. We intend to establish a cultural tourism center in the village, where locals can make and exhibit their crafts, tell folk stories, play traditional games and share other local experiences with local and international tourists. The center will have a camping site, and traditionally designed eco-lodges, exhibition hall, and kitchen. In addition, we will establish two community vegetable greenhouses at the cultural center to feed our visitors but also boost the local market and empower subsistence farmers. 7.5 tons of mixed high-volume vegetable crops can be expected from each of the 750m2 greenhouses and gross revenue of about 7000 dollars annually. Part of the proceeds will also help support children education. The two greenhouses will be entirely staffed by local women (about 40) in cooperatives established in surrounding villages. We will also train 100 youths to become principal trainers to local farmers in sustainable farming practices in their respective villages.

2019-05-14 14:58:46

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In my country the youth is a little neglected and would be put aside without supervision as a young person I want to create a club more precisely an association me allowing to emancipate the youth, make them preserve the nature of their inheritance and to know that of the others, to give them a medium where they will be free of expression, I want to convince the youth that we can fully engage in the development of a better world, in the beginning I will target academics and then classical schools, we will train them to the idea that they know the tourist sites of their country , their stories their specialties and the heroes who fought for our land. They will in turn be able to transmit them to other generations to come. They will also be able to meet other cultures and foreign stories.

2019-07-02 09:30:21

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