National Tourism Incubator

The National Tourism Incubator (NTI) program is the first of its kind national level platform for innovative tourism businesses to come forward, get access to tailored business coaching and advisory, financing and market linkages through a formalized program. The focus of the program is to explore untapped business opportunities, especially in areas of adventure, winter, and sustainable tourism in Pakistan.

National Tourism Incubator

Program Goals:

Equip entrepreneurs with the required skills and knowledge for launching and growing a tourism business.
Improve investment readiness of a business by adopting sustainable business models, using tools such as Business Model Canvas, Financial Model, Information Memorandum and Pitch Deck and meeting all legal and compliance requirements.

Give entrepreneurs the opportunity to secure financing from AP and other partner institutions.
Early-stage businesses with innovative business models focused on promoting different forms of tourism including sustainable, eco, winter, and adventure tourism.
Entrepreneurs with investable business ideas or running tourism-focused businesses e.g., paragliding, ice-skating, water rafting.

Who Is This Program For?

Aspiring entrepreneurs aiming to equip themselves with the essential skills and knowledge necessary to launch and expand a tourism-related business.
Businesses looking to enhance their investment readiness by embracing sustainable business models, utilizing tools like the Business Model Canvas, Financial Model, Information Memorandum, and Pitch Deck, and ensuring compliance with all legal requirements.
Entrepreneurs seeking opportunities to secure financing from AP and other partner institutions to fuel the growth of their ventures.
Early-stage businesses with innovative business models focused on promoting various forms of tourism, including sustainable, eco, winter, and adventure tourism.
Entrepreneurs with investable business ideas or those currently operating tourism-focused businesses, such as paragliding, ice-skating, or water rafting ventures.

Components of National Tourism Incubator

The National Tourism Incubator will bring together all the essential elements of the incubation program, starting with:

Business Incubation Services

Selected entrepreneurs are offered business training and coaching, mentoring, subject matter expertise, access to co-working space(s) and market linkages.

Financing Services

Select entrepreneurs will pitch their business to Accelerate Prosperity, other financial institutions, impact investment funds from Pakistan and overseas for securing financing/ investments.

The Complete National Tourism Incubator Journey of an Entrepreneur:

Selection Criteria

Business Criteria

A unique and innovative business model with potential for causing or contributing to a transformative effect in the health sector, specifically in terms of improving quality of services, increasing access, convenience and/ or affordability.
A clear market niche, sound target market and customer base.
Realistic competitive advantage in terms of price, quality and easy/ large access.
Strong revenue and profit models, potential for scalability and growth.
Strong value chain effect.
The business demonstrates positive environmental and sustainable development (impact) effect.

Personal Criteria

Strong entrepreneurial traits, including (but not limited to) leadership qualities, risk taking, street smartness, ability to do more with less etc.
Coachable team, including (but not limited to) openness to advisory, learn, ability and openness to constantlyiterate, adapt and evolve based on changing conditions, realities or assumptions etc.
Past experience in doing business, or as an employee in a similar industry, or subject matter expertise relevant to the product/ service.
Strong interest in the health sector and the idea/ business being proposed, with significant skin in the business.