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Category: Tourism Trends
Archive
Category: Tourism Trends
How Sustainable Tourism Can Work For Your Business (Updated)
Does Earth Day have you reflecting on your business and wishing it were more sustainable? The good news is that as a tour operator, you have all the skills and resources you need to practice sustainable tourism. But while sustainability is a powerful goal, it might seem vague or out of reach. Defining sustainable tourism […]
Written By | Caitlyn McGee
Thoughtful pricing strategies for tour operators
Tour costing and pricing is one of the most important things to get right, especially for new tour operators. Even experienced operators with established pricing strategies can’t rest on their laurels, and need to review and tweak their pricing according to changing market and business conditions. Here are some helpful tips for how to price your tours.
Written By | Rob Mathison
Special Interest Tourism: Find Your Niche
Special interest tourism (SIT) is on the rise, and for good reason. It provides travelers the chance to explore their passions and gives you the opportunity to curate a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Special interest tourism focuses on providing leisure and adventure activities that cater to the needs of a specific audience. Tapping into your special interest […]
Written By | Caitlyn McGee
The Future of Tourism: 10 Things Tour Companies Need To Prepare For in 2022
The phrase “the new normal” has become a bit of a cliché over the last 18 months or so, with good reason. What is normal today may not be normal next week, or even tomorrow, as the world slowly starts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The travel and tourism industry is no exception. While […]
Written By | Rob Mathison
How to Prepare for a Travel Bubble
It’s finally happened. The trans-Tasman travel bubble is open, allowing quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand for the first time in over a year. Zoom calls are no substitute for hugs, and footage of happy reunions has been beamed around the world as people from New Zealand and Australia hopped across the Tasman to […]
Written By | Rob Mathison
Five Must-Have Skills For Your Instagram Tour Guide
Who’s going to run your Instagram tours? Are you going to work with an Instagram influencer who can pick up the skills required to lead a tour? Or an experienced guide who does a little photography on the side? Or maybe you want a photographer who’s already running solo tours and photo shoots through local […]
Written By | Nissa Campbell