Walking Tours Incubator in Lower Manhattan Goes Beyond Cliched Excursions
Photo Caption: Seaport District Entrance on Fulton. Source: Alliance for Downtown New York
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Scaling a walking tour experience in a famous city like New York isn't only about competing for the masses. It might sound counterintuitive, but five entrepreneurs chosen by the Alliance for Downtown New York will have to do the exact opposite to stand out.
There are plenty of walking tours to Lower Manhattan. From Ground Zero Memorial Walking tours to Wall Street and Financial District tours, there's a broad selection to book among online travel marketplaces like Viator and GetYourGuide.
Yet, the Alliance of Downtown New York believes the walking tours space in New York City is the ideal creative fodder for its walking tours incubator grants to bring a fresh focus to its parts unknown.
"In places like Manhattan, there's a glut of standard walking tour companies, and so many ways beyond tours for travelers to spend their time and money," said TripSchool CEO Mitch Bach, one of the program's mentors.
"Developing new walking tours that stand out from the herd, they would need to explore routes that go far beyond the march up Broadway, touch the Bull, see the church tours that currently exist, breathing some fresh air into the current tour landscape," added Bach.
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