Far founded Tourkrub to solve a personal pain point — planning and purchasing family excursions abroad. Tourkrub gives travel agencies needed exposure and gives customers an attractive place to view and compare available tours. In today’s episode, Far shares how the company will evolve in the coming years; he also shares his takeaways from the week he spent with Jack Ma and his team as part of the Alibaba’s eFellows Program.
In today’s episode you’ll learn:
- About Tourkrub and the pain points it solves for Thai locals
- About Tourkrub’s business model and how it will evolve in the coming years
- Far’s takeaways from the Alibaba eFellows Program
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LINKS FROM TODAY’S EPISODE
- Read the full transcript from Far’s interview
- Find Tourkrub on Facebook
- Tourkrub
DETAILED SHOW NOTES
- (1:21) Far’s self-introduction
- (2:25) How Far decided to become an entrepreneur
- (4:07) Far describes tourism in Thailand and the pain points Tourkrub attempts to address
- (5:26) Far explains who is Tourkrubs target market and why the company first focused on outbound travel
- (6:52) Far describes the tour planning and booking process for Thais pre-Tourkrub
- (7:53) The most popular outbound destination for Thais
- (8:16) Far describes the Tourkrub user experience
- (11:37) How Tourkrub partnered with travel agencies
- (13:26) Jay and Far discuss how the Asia traveler differs from Western travelers and how tourism for Thais is changing as the middle class grows
- (15:08) Tourkrub’s revenue model
- (17:32) Far addresses the issue of liability
- (18:19) Far explains his plans for transitioning Tourkub from a retail model to a platform with social ratings
- (19:10) Far’s insights from the Alibaba eFellows Program
- (22:33) Far’s plans for adding experiences to Tourkrub
- (25:15) Far’s goals for Tourkrub in 2018
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