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How Culture and Heritage Tourism Boosts More Than A Visitor Economy

by Carolyn Childs 29 Comments

Culture and heritage tourism plays a critical role in building the visitor economy and goes even beyond that. A recent survey showed that over 50% of respondents polled agreed that history and culture are strong influences on their choice of holiday destination.  Culture and heritage tourism is a fast-growing and high-yielding sector Statistics also indicate that culture and heritage tourism continues to grow as rapidly, especially in OECD and APEC regions. We estimate the direct global value of culture and heritage tourism to be well over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Free Content Tagged With: Cultural tourism, Heritage tourism, Tourism

Local Tourism Marketing – The Low Hanging Fruit

by Bronwyn White Leave a Comment

Did you know that shopping and eating at restaurants / cafés are consistently rated as the top 3 activities that people partake in during a holiday or vacation?  We often think travel is all about attractions, museums, and tours, however, Destination NSW tells us that the top 3 activities undertaken by domestic visitors (local tourism) to Sydney are: Eating out, dining at a restaurant or café Visiting friends and relatives Shopping for pleasure You will find that these stats are more than likely to be similar in your own city or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: local marketing, local tourism, local travel marketing, Travel Marketing

Chatbots and the Travel & Tourism Industry

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Travellers are constantly increasing their information needs.  Apart from the growing demand for more meaningful travel experiences, they also want travel destinations and businesses to meet the demand for communication and engagement—across all media and platforms. These communication and engagement needs include the whole spectrum; from traditional email marketing to social media such as Twitter and Facebook. But the latest trend in technology is happening elsewhere. Research shows that more consumers are using messaging apps compared to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: chatbots, chatbots in travel

2021 International Toilet Tourism Awards are now OPEN!

by Carolyn Childs 2 Comments

Our 2021 International Toilet Tourism Awards are open for business. Yes, it's time to talk dirty again! Or maybe that should be clean?     Why should you enter?  Here's 3 great reasons: Toilets are a key brand asset for tourism Over the years at MyTravelResearch.com we have seen how important great toilets are as a brand asset.  They literally tell customers whether or not your destination or business is thriving.  Indeed as Ged Brown of the Low Season Traveller Podcast mentioned when we caught up on the awards last week that is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Free Content Tagged With: #ToiletTourism, roadtrips, Toilet, Toilet tourism, toilets, Tourism, travel

A Sustainability Student’s Take on the TTRA Conference

by Noe Cano 2 Comments

What does a travel and tourism conference have to do with sustainability? When Carolyn wanted me to attend the annual Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) Conference, at first, I was a little skeptical. “What does travel and tourism have to do with sustainability?”, I thought. Still, I tried my best to keep an open mind. Initially not much - as an industry tourism is too traumatized Most of the webinars, of course, reflected on the travel and tourism industry’s experience through 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic peaked. Most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: regenerative tourism, sustainable tourism, Tourism Research, Travel research

Why MyTravelResearch.com supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart

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We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart

  A time to celebrate At the time of writing it is #NAIDOC week. A time to 'celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples'. Normally held in July, the pandemic lead to it being moved to November.  This year's theme (shown opposite), is 'Always was, Always Will be' and celebrates the continuing connection to place of Australia's indigenous peoples over at least 65,000 years. Australia's indigenous cultures are truly unique and magical. Experiencing them can create some of the deepest and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Free Content Tagged With: From the Heart, Indigenous, Indigenous tourism, NAIDOC

The Post-Covid Future for Grey Nomads

by Carolyn Childs Leave a Comment

Have we reached the end of the road for the Grey Nomad experience? In this post, we look at what's really going on for this important market  It's almost too obvious to be worth saying that everything has been upended by covid-19.  Currently, Australians are trapped not just within their national borders but their own states.  NT has said that its borders may not open until 2022.   And we’ve been hearing about the devastation of retirement savings for older travellers. And of course, we know that being older is strongly correlated to being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Free Content Tagged With: caravan, Grey Nomads, roadtrips, Senior tourism, seniors, Seniors Travel, Tourism, travel

What’s keeping the tourism industry awake at night? Survey

by Carolyn Childs Leave a Comment

A time of exceptional challenge - and opportunity - for tourism It is likely that this is the most challenging time the global travel and tourism industry has faced. But times of crisis can also be times of incredible opportunity and also be a crucible for innovation. Finding the right innovation requires a deep understanding of where the pain points are.  We'd like to know your pain points So MyTravelResearch.com and The B Hive are trying to understand how local government, Regional and Local Tourism Associations/DMOS are navigating the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Free Content Tagged With: Destination Marketing, destination research, Tourism Innovation, Tourism marketing

Our International Toilet Tourism Awards – Now Open

by Carolyn Childs Leave a Comment

When it comes to toilets, you just have to time it right. That's why we have new timings for our International Toilet Tourism Awards (ITTA). Now in their 3rd year, the awards celebrate the world’s best destination toilets by recognising their role in attracting visitors and providing vital economic support to communities.    Previous winners have included Dunnies with a Difference from Queensland, Australia and the James Bond Loo in Piz Gloria, Switzerland. New dates, new partner The new date is timed to celebrate the Awards’ Partnership with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Free Content Tagged With: Accessible Tourism, Destination Marketing, Toilet tourism, Tourism marketing

Content Marketing Can Make Your Tourism Business Resilient

by Carolyn Childs Leave a Comment

When the going gets tough, the tough (should) get marketing We in the tourism industry can sometimes feel life is really hard for us.  The pressure can feel unremitting: economic pressure shocks like terrorism (I am writing this a few weeks after the attacks on New Zealand and Sri Lanka). So when I am advising small businesses and destinations, they’ll often say they find it hard to find the time to do marketing. In particular, time to do marketing consistently i.e. the regular posting of videos, newsletters etc., But there is one very good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Free Content Tagged With: Content Marketing, Content Marketing Tourism, Resilience, Tourism

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