Beach Zone

What makes our solution innovative:

It connects the needs of local and international tourists who are seeking great beaches area that have best facility and service for beach related activities and the facility and service providers. 

This particular connection is done easily with a mobile application which is a future technology for fast access and designed for mobile users such as tourists and everyone who is involved in this tourism Industry.

The listing of beach areas, facilities and services will grow by number and hopefully will create fair market and increase positive competition among the providers in tourism industry.

How technology is integral to our solution:

Local and international tourists can find best location to visit faster than before, simply using android app technology. Also that hospitality providers will find better and easy way to promote and market their facilities and services, specifically for beach travel and tourism with minimum gadget device such as android mobile phone or android tablet which reduce promotion cost and very efficient in the used time wise. 

Our solution goals over the next 12 months:

The solution's goals are as followings:

• The content of the application will list most of the great beaches with potential tourism facilities in all countries in the world. 
• To gain more application users number which are actively submit their activities
• Successful social media promotion to sustain the growing number of users
• Getting more feedback for the application development as getting the growing number of users 
• Getting more investment from the advertising platform included in the application or look for any creative possibilities and chances from the external funding resources to maintain, support and sustain the development of Beach Zone app

Our vision over the next three to five years to grow and scale our solution to affect the lives of more people:

The next 3-5 years the application should benefits the major aspect of tourism industry from small to advanced scale providers. Giving them higher income than before. Some hidden gem beaches in remote area will get some attention by the use of the application, therefore the local people who live in that area can get good economy impact with the more coming tourists. 

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The key characteristics of the populations who will benefit from our solution in the next 12 months:

• Urban
• Rural
• Suburban
• Lower
• Middle

The regions where we will be operating in the next 12 months:

• Middle East and North Africa
• East and Southeast Asia
• Oceania

The countries where we currently operate:

• Indonesia

Where we plan to expand in the next 12 months:

• Australia
• Malaysia
• New Zealand
• Philippines
• Thailand

How we will reach and retain our customers or beneficiaries:

The targeted communities can access Beach Zone app solution by: 

• Social medias (twitter, instagram, facebook, pinterest, etc.)
• Advertising (print, web, and electronic)
• Relevant tourism websites with targeted SEO
• Promotional discount for tourism services or travel marketplaces while including the Beach Zone app information at the same time.
• Word to mouth by reviewing the Beach Zone app in some tourism blogs, Medium articles and tourism app related communities. 

How many people we are currently serving with our solution:

Currently there is none as the mobile application is still in idea stage.

How many people we will be serving with our solution in the 12 months and the next 3 years:

Within a year after the launch, we estimate 1-2 million of regular users and by time we expect spreading word of mouth will make sure the continuity of the app.

As in 3 years more data or content for the app will be more comprehensive to cover most of the potential beaches to visit in the world as well as getting more users ten times bigger than the first year of launch. 

How our solution team is organized:

Explaining our organization:

We are start up with innovative ideas

How many people work on our solution team:

How many years we have been working on our solution:

The skills our solution team has that will enable us to attract the different resources needed to succeed and make an impact:

We are a team that consist of combination of skills that can be resourceful for the development of the Beach Zone App, which are: UI/UX design, mobile design, web development, industrial product design, project manager, IT & engineering consultant, trading, education field, various human institutions, telecommunication, environmental researches.

Our revenue model:

We have some plans for the revenue models, which are:

• Built in advertising plans which any beach tourism industry providers can join.
• User subscriptions for additional membership features compared to the regular ones.
• Optional extra application features to select separately for paid users either for tourists and tourism facility providers
• Expand more users by developing official website and provide support for costumer care. 
• Referral programs for maximum chain of promotion to win Beach Zone brand positioning in the growing number of mobile app market with the same niche. 

Why we are applying to Solve:

We are looking for a platform that can help us to be innovative with our design concept as part of the act to increase the viability and scale of sustainable economic activity from oceans, focusing on tourism hence Solve can be the best alternative for our team to make it happens.

The key barriers for our solution:

Solve will help us most in developing mobile application that require massive data of geo location content for accurate travel direction. This can be map technology or just exact location of tourism spots focusing on beach. We will need resources to collect the initial data locations which are: 

• Recommended beaches
• Hospitality services (hotels, resorts, restaurant etc.)
• Tourism spots related to sport (surfing area, scuba diving, snorkeling, kitesurfing, etc.) 
• Tourism venues that provide recreational activities (local merchandise, fishing, boat trip, banana boat, etc.)
• Supporting facilities (bike/ motorbike rentals, public toilets, etc.)

The types of connections and partnerships we would be most interested in if we became Solvers:

• Organizational Mentorship
• Technology Mentorship
• Media Visibility and Exposure
• Grant Funding
• Preparation for Investment Discussions