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Articles tagged “destinations”

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Tourism

Behind the Shift From Destination Marketing to Destination Management

The role of destination marketing organizations (DMOs) is evolving and expanding into destination management to elevate the customer experience more intentionally.

Behind the Shift From Destination Marketing to Destination Management
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Tourism

How Japan Is Transforming Its Visitor Economy for the Next Wave of Tourism

Japan has grand ambitions to bring more than 40 million visitors to the country by 2020, and 60 million by 2030. But the country isn’t just dreaming big, it’s acting big too. Thanks to a concerted country-wide push by tourism officials and local business leaders to transform the Japanese tourism economy, the country seems on track to achieve this vision.

How Japan Is Transforming Its Visitor Economy for the Next Wave of Tourism

Meetings

Midsize Cities Embrace Transformative Placemaking

Midsize cities are smart to focus on transformative placemaking projects that will not only allow them to bridge together different economic strata and cultural communities, but become in-demand destinations for travel, events, meetings, and conferences.

Midsize Cities Embrace Transformative Placemaking

Media and PR

The New York Times Misfires With 52 Places to Go List

Nobody wins from The New York Times making a spectacle out of people's dreams and then recommending a trite list of places to visit. The prominence of destination lists also speaks to the bigger problems in travel media.

Tourism

Peru’s Challenge to Build Tourism Outside the Shadows of Machu Picchu

Peru has done a lot in terms of diversifying its tourism industry, but a stronger emphasis on a unified vision for tourism is still needed. If governments don’t start prioritizing tourism — which has far-reaching impacts on other industries, the environment, and the lives of locals — we’re going to lose critical parts of history that help explain who we are and how we got here.

Peru’s Challenge to Build Tourism Outside the Shadows of Machu Picchu

Meetings

Secondary Cities Become Dynamic Destinations

Event planners in Pittsburgh this week were eager to try new ways to not just engage attendees, but keep them returning year after year. Technology is only part of the answer.

Secondary Cities Become Dynamic Destinations

Announcements

Travel Resolutions for 2019: Top Picks From Skift Staff

Skift staffers weigh in on their travel resolutions for 2019. Prepare to be inspired, both by their goals and by the work they will continue to deliver in the new year.

Travel Resolutions for 2019: Top Picks From Skift Staff
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Meetings

New Science Says Meeting Planners Should Embrace Unorthodox Venues and Experiences

New scientific research links getting out of your comfort zone with increased creativity. For meeting planners looking for the next big thing, that means smaller-scale venues and unexpected destinations should be top of mind.

New Science Says Meeting Planners Should Embrace Unorthodox Venues and Experiences

Tourism

Kuala Lumpur’s Batu Caves Reveal Heritage Tourism’s Struggles in an Instagrammable World

The ongoing investigation into the painting of the Batu Caves steps points to a greater need to appropriately preserve heritage sites. Protecting a country’s history and heritage for future generations should come first; increasing the number of Instagram "likes" and "tags" a heritage site gets should come second.

Kuala Lumpur’s Batu Caves Reveal Heritage Tourism’s Struggles in an Instagrammable World

Meetings

Interactive Technology Becomes Focus of Asia-Pacific Event Planners

In Asia-Pacific, planners are more concerned about facilitating new technological advances than bringing local experiences to attendees.

Interactive Technology Becomes Focus of Asia-Pacific Event Planners