I did a quick online education on the terms. I hope my questions aren't too crazy, but I figure I need to learn about this. I hope you don't mind sharing.
So is a DMO an online replacement for the brick and mortar tourism office?
I read that a DMO adds "destination product development and visitor experience servicing" to sales and marketing. Is that accurate?
Could a goal of the app be to give our arriving guest a chance to interact with our neighbor who delivers eggs?
We have known for while now that the "experience" is driving the stay decision. Is this app concept meant to pull people into the experience before arrival?.
happykeeper said:
So is a DMO an online replacement for the brick and mortar tourism office?
No, they're basically associations of tourism businesses who work together to encourage more visitors to the area and improve the guest experience.
happykeeper said:
I read that a DMO adds "destination product development and visitor experience servicing" to sales and marketing. Is that accurate?
To an extent. We do things like working with The Forestry Commission to help maintain paths, trying to get local authorities to sort our road maintenance problems. We are producing a map at the moment, with a circular route of "hidden gems" for people to follow, si I guest yes that's "visitor experience servicing".
happykeeper said:
Could a goal of the app be to give our arriving guest a chance to interact with our neighbor who delivers eggs?
We have known for while now that the "experience" is driving the stay decision. Is this app concept meant to pull people into the experience before arrival?
Our primary aim of the App is to host the "hidden gem" routes above, but can see that expanding in to helping people find places to stay, or more things to see, stuff like that.
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