The UN World Trade Organisation (UNWTO) has picked 25 startups from around the world recognising their unique contributions to sustainable and responsible tourism in the UNWTO SDGs Global Startup Competition.
The competition, which was supported by the United Nations Innovation Network, attracted some 10,000 initial proposals. From these, the jury chose the winners from 18 countries, highlighting the array of tourism talent in every global region and its widespread ability to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Shortlisted finalists were judged according to criteria which included the potential of the startups to contribute to a specific Goal, their ability to be scaled-up and the maturity of both the product and the…