Demo day has passed within the framework of the competition “Tourism. The path to innovation”

IT Park, with the support of the Ministry for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, jointly with the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan, last year organized a competition for startups in the field of tourism “Tourism. The path to innovation”.

In May-June 2021, 102 applications were accepted for participation in the competition, of which 14 projects passed to the final stage.

On September 27, 2021, a Demo Day was organized with the participation of the founders of these 14 projects.

Based on the results of the Demo-day, the expert committee decided to partially finance the following promising projects:

1. “Instagrammable” - 80,000,000 soums;

2. “Imagebazaar” - 100,000,000 soums;

3. “Stans” - 120,000,000 soums;

4. “Real history” - 150,000,000 soums;

5. “Craft meets design” - 350,000,000 soums.


Let us remind you that the competition “Tourism. The Path to innovation” was organized within the framework of the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On urgent measures to support the tourism sector to reduce the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic” in order to take measures to support the tourism sector of Uzbekistan, obtain high-tech products for the development of the startup and tourism ecosystem in the Republic of Uzbekistan, and also disclosure of tourism potential, development of domestic tourism in the country and support of youth initiatives in the field of tourism.

2021-09-29