Idea 96 of 500. Cluster 4: The experience economy
Cookery competitions for visitors, judged by a village panel, with the prize being dinner
The mechanism, from the book
An app that tells people what is happening tonight converts a day visit into a 2-night stay.
Every idea in cluster 4 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Organise one afternoon competition in a village hall: visitors cook one dish with a village cook's help, and three villagers judge. The prize is dinner with the village. Sell places through two guesthouses nearby at a stated price per cook. Paid places, and photographs full of laughter, are the proof.
- Who pays first
- Groups of friends and families on holiday who want a fun afternoon that ends in a meal they earned.
- What leaves today
- Villages watch tourists pass through; a competition pays village cooks and judges for an afternoon and a dinner.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. FiveThe Most Photographed Rock in the World
What a day visit needs in order to become 2 nights
More from cluster 4
- 71Evening cultural performances on a fixed nightly schedule
- 72Moonlit storytelling: the legends, the kings, the histories
- 73Royal feast dinners recreating historical menus
- 74Costume and photography experiences
- 75Archaeology-themed treasure hunts for children
- 76Private guided tours led by historians and archaeologists
Idea 96 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.