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Using incubators and accelerators to support travel and tourism start-ups

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Tourism start-ups are helping drive innovation in response to digitalisation, sustainability imperatives and changing traveller expectations. This paper examines how incubators and accelerators support tourism entrepreneurship across European and OECD countries. It highlights a growing and diverse support landscape, but also identifies challenges related to fragmented support, limited scale-up opportunities, and gaps in evidence on programme impacts. The paper outlines policy considerations to strengthen tourism innovation ecosystems, including better co-ordination, stronger industry linkages, more continuous support pathways, and improved monitoring and evaluation. By shedding light emerging practices, it contributes to a better understanding of how incubation and acceleration initiatives can support a more innovative, competitive and sustainable tourism sector.

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  • Oecd, 2026. "Using incubators and accelerators to support travel and tourism start-ups," OECD Tourism Papers 2026/01, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:cfeaab:2026/01-en
    DOI: 10.1787/ff127405-en
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    • Z38 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Policy
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • Z3 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics

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