Creative tourism suppliers to headline upcoming KTO roadshow in Singapore

NINE winners from past years’ Tourism Venture Contest, an event by Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) to identify and encourage tourism entrepreneurship as well as incubate creative tourism products and services, will head to Singapore for the first time on November 4 for a destination showcase targeting leisure and MICE travel buyers.

A spokesperson with KTO Singapore office told TTGmice e-Weekly this unique B2B showcase, named The Korea AdVenture 2016, is her team’s first collaboration with the Tourism Venture Team.

She said: “The contest has proven to be a great success (since it began six years ago). To date, 297 shortlisted proposed projects have taken off and the start-ups have created a total number of 756 jobs.”

The nine tourism companies that will be featured along with other tourism suppliers are:
– Purecoism, which offers adventure activities in natural surroundings as well as CSR programmes;
– DMZ Spy Tour, which spotlights the Korean War and North Korean spies in the 1970s while calling at tourist spots within the DMZ zone;
– Artee Riders Club Co, which has a fleet of 20 pedi-cabs operated by young, multilingual riders who take passengers on an hour-long heritage journey through Seoul’s old alleys and to museums and the Bukchon Hanok Village;
– Wabadada Co, which specialises in eco-friendly soft adventure and leisure facilities in Gangneung, Gangwon Province and is known for pioneering South Korea’s first costal zip-line adventure;
– Hong Camp, which specialises in healing camps and workshops by weaving in psychotherapy and outdoor experiences;
– Campusstay, which had created a patented online reservations platform for empty university dormitories as an alternative form of travellers’ accommodation;
– Hanboknam, a hanbok rental provider with photography services;
– HAERA Inc., which offers traditional and modern culture programmes such as the K-pop Dance and Vocal Experience and mask-making;
– Modern Han, which manages a team of 150 traditional artists who can provide unique experiences at private events such as traditional painting demonstration, traditional-modern fusion music performances and cocktail showcase using traditional liquor.

The event will feature 20 to 25 sellers in all, and KTO Singapore office expects to see at least 250 “quality buyers” in attendance.

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