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Destination Spotlight: Richmond, VA leans on sentiment data to validate tourism messaging
Jul 27, 2022 | Destination marketing strategy, Research and analysis, Topic: Measuring success
The storied past of Richmond, Virginia can stir the full range of emotions, and as the city’s history continues to be...
Destination Spotlight: City of Melbourne measures against competition using live sentiment analysis
Jul 14, 2022 | Destination marketing strategy, Research and analysis
Being a successful city destination requires vigilance. While Melbourne, Australia, is a popular place, competition is...
Destination Spotlight: South Africa rallies around high-ranking places during recovery
Jul 7, 2022
South African Tourism is charting its way through the impacts of the pandemic, using Tourism Sentiment Index to...
6 ways destinations are harnessing the power of visitor sentiment data
Jun 16, 2022
The success of your destination hinges on the way people feel about travelling there. Visitor sentiment directly...
Why do destination marketers need passionography?
Feb 9, 2021
Coined by our Chief Strategist, William Bakker, passionography is the study of people who share an interest in a...
Will your destination’s legacy travel markets evaporate?
Dec 4, 2020
COVID-19-related regulations are probably causing your destination's travel markets to change. But are your newest...
What can your destination do about tourism leakage?
Aug 12, 2020
Reduce tourism leakage with long-term strategic goals and new success metrics. When tourism revenue is funnelled...
Reimagining travel means preventing tourism leakage
Jul 31, 2020
How much tourism revenue stays in your community? Tourism, at its best, can make an immensely positive impact on your...
Mitigate COVID-19’s impact on your destination: Phase 1 of 3
May 13, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis places many destination marketing organizations (DMOs) in a new and precarious position. Amid...
10 U.S. tourism markets ranked by online word of mouth
Jul 2, 2019
Data shows that, among 10 major cities, the volume of online conversations about tourism has increased by an average...
5 ways your DMO can re-energize stakeholders with Tourism Sentiment Index
May 6, 2019
Many destination marketers are using Tourism Sentiment Index (TSI) to find out what people are saying about their...
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