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

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No 2026/01, OECD Tourism Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: accelerators; digital formation; entrepreneurship; incubators; tourism; travel and tourism start-ups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 Z3 Z38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-08-28
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