We are proud to announce the PhD Forecasting Hackathon, hosted by the Tourism and Hospitality section of the International Institute of Forecasters at the prestigious International Symposium on Forecasting at 10am-5pm on June 29, 2025. This hackathon will challenge you to unleash your forecasting skills and predict the future of the tourism demand in Hong Kong and Macau.
The task is to forecast the monthly visitor arrivals from the top 5 source markets for Hong Kong and Macau, spanning from May 2024 to April 2025. The historical data of visitor arrivals of top 10 source markets will be provided and participants are allowed to use any publicly available data sources in addition to the provided dataset. Participants can compete individually or in teams of up to 4 members. The top-performing individuals or teams will receive a cash prize up to USD 250 and a bottle of wine from Ningxia, China.
Please feel free to register at https://forms.gle/YPVeyeg89XLZHp4eA. More information can be found here.
Please note that participants competing in the hackathon need to register for ISF to attend. ISF registration is at https://isf.forecasters.org/registration/.
Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to email THSIIF@outlook.com.