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A Nordic guidebook for tourism innovation

Tips, trick and learnings from the X-Nordic travel contest programme
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How to innovate in travel and tourism?

This guidebook captures the tips, tricks, and real lessons of the X-Nordic Travel Contest (XNTC), a two-year cross-Nordic tourism innovation journey. This is not a play-by-play manual or a promise of quick fixes. Instead, it is a practical, honest look at how innovation happens: messy, exciting, and sometimes surprising.

This Guidebook dives into:

  • The challenge of identifying problems that really matter, also in 5 years
  • Bridging the gap from headline problems to big ideas to real-world solutions
  • Navigating the Nordic travel startup landscape
  • Connecting forward-thinking startups with an industry that… let’s face it… is not exactly famous for embracing change

Contacts

Hanna Törmänen Innovation Adviser

Hanna Törmänen

Senior Innovation Adviser
Hanna has background in Nordic and international exports, public-private cooperation, project management and market analysis. Her focus at Nordic Innovation is to support Nordic businesses and ecosystems in their transition towards sustainable and circular business models.

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Emil Gejrot - Innovation Adviser

Emil Gejrot

Innovation Adviser
Emil has extensive experience of innovation projects and policy analysis in the Nordic region and beyond. Before joining Nordic Innovation, he worked for a research consultancy where he focused on digital transformation, inclusion, and sustainability. He holds an MA in Transcultural Studies and has lived and worked in Sweden, Norway, the UK, and Germany.

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