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Register for 5th Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge 2023

Africa Tourism Partners wish all its partners, stakeholders and the entire global travel and tourism community a happy and fulfilling new year ahead.

This year’s edition of Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit (www.youthtourismsummit.com) is scheduled for 31 May to 2 June 2023 in Namibia. Registration and entries for the Summit as well as Tourism Innovation Challenge 2023 are open. The Innovation Challenge is open to African youth and entrepreneurs below the age of 35.

The Innovation Challenge is an exclusive platform being provided to innovative African youth in travel and tourism looking for funding, partnership and mentorship opportunities to present their projects to the global marketplace in order to find the required support for their programmes. Each nomination or entry should clearly indicate the project vision, uniqueness, authenticity and rationale. In addition, it requires evidence of the innovation in the travel and tourism or related industry in Africa. Sustainability, the impact of the project, timelines, and the support required are some of the key factors to be included in the entry submission.

The summit is a continental platform for youth innovation in tourism, travel, hospitality, aviation, academia, and all related industries. The summit aims to assist the youth to connect and engage, learn and grow. Undoubtedly, it has grown and increased impact and popularity over the past four years. This is evidenced by the increasing interest from stakeholders across the globe and the number of participants and entries received for the Youth Innovation Challenge each year.

For the year 2023 and to date, registrations have been received from over 22 countries following the announcement and opening of registrations for the summit and entries for 2023 Innovation Challenge. The Challenge has been running from 8 December 2022 and closes on 28 February 2023. Shortlisted project promoters will be informed on 15 March 2023 and the top three will be announced on 2 June 2023 at the Summit in Namibia. Youth, startups and entrepreneurs involved in special travel, tourism, hospitality and aviation technological innovation are encouraged to enter the challenge early to avoid disappointment.

For both registration and challenge entry, kindly visit www.youthtourismsummit.com. For more information about partnership, sponsorship, registration and enquiries, please contact Ms. Rejoice Chishamba:

Email: rejoice@africatourismpartners. com

Tel: +27 (0) 11 318 1741 / +27 (0) 81 303 7030.