Korea Startup Forum (Chairman Sang-Woo Han, hereinafter referred to as KOSPO) announced on the 2nd that it signed a three-party business agreement (MOU) with Jeju Tourism Organization and Jeju Dream Tower Resort Complex to promote innovation in the Jeju region’s tourism industry and revitalize the tourism startup ecosystem.
The signing ceremony was held at Jeju Dream Tower, and was attended by officials from three organizations, including Choi Ji-young, Executive Director of COSP, Koh Seung-cheol, President of Jeju Tourism Organization, and Lee Byeong-yeon, Director of External Cooperation at Jeju Dream Tower Resort Complex.
This agreement focuses on promoting innovation in the tourism industry, including digital transformation, and creating a sustainable growth environment for local startups. The main contents of the agreement are ▲ Planning and operating joint events such as 'Come Up in Jeju' ▲ Expansion of domestic and international networks for tourism startups ▲ Linkages with global startup events (such as Come Up) ▲ Cooperation in discovering AI and data-based tourism solutions, etc.
The three organizations plan to operate a working council to enhance the execution of the agreement and build a regional innovation model that combines public, private, and tourism infrastructure.
With this agreement, the 'Come Up in Jeju' event will be held from September 10th to 11th. The event is a global tourism-specialized conference with approximately 100 participants, including Korean, Chinese, and Japanese startups, investors, and large and medium-sized business executives, and various support programs will be operated for tourism startups preparing to enter the global market.
COSPO will select tourism startups to participate in this event and provide them with conference invitations, business matching, promotional booth operation, overseas business trip opportunities, etc. Selected companies will also be given the opportunity to participate in the 'Come Up 2025' main event.
Choi Ji-young, executive director of COSP, said, “This agreement is an attempt to combine the innovative capabilities of startups with the tourism industry to vitalize the local economy and seek a foundation for global expansion,” adding, “We will actively support the scale-up of tourism-specialized startups based in Jeju.”
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