Looking for a great way to drive traffic to your tourism business?
The latest monthly report on travel from Hitwise gives a clear reminder of the importance in providing accurate map listings and “driving directions” for tourism folk.
4 of Top 11 Most Visited Travel related Web sites are Maps
The important take away: Be sure your listing [...]
Often tourism operators are slow to adopt new technologies. But this wait and see attitude can leave the needs of the traveler behind. Like the downhill racers waiting at the gate for the start of their race, we should all recall the starters commands from the Olympics just prior to racing from the [...]
Often tourism operators are slow to adopt new technologies. But this wait and see attitude can leave the needs of the traveler behind. Like the downhill racers waiting at the gate for the start of their race, we should all recall the starters commands from the Olympics just prior to racing from the [...]
February 23, 2010 – 1:38 pm
Travelers are social
It’s called Social Media because travelers are social about their media consumption. Most travelers use a variety of social Web sites to watch video. By far the largest video sharing site is Youtube, but there are other places that your videos can get exposure too.
Travelers using social MEDIA
42% Youtube
33% Facebook
27% Trip Advisor
73% search [...]
February 19, 2010 – 6:40 pm
The internet is social. We get that. But it’s also mobile, meaning people want to access “current information” any time they want it.
That’s right, it’s the consumer or subscriber of the media that matters. If travelers want current media, the tourism industry has to start thinking about the best way to produce media in an [...]