While I was hunting and gathering a collection of attractive destination blogs, I nearly included two of my favorite hyper-local blogs – which aren’t managed by CVBs or DMOs. Alas, they deserve their own shout outs. After all, these commendable blogs are the efforts of tourism-dependent businesses: a big city hotel and a small town [...]
6 Tourism blogs that rock
On the hunt for some great looking and useful destination blogs, the criteria to narrow down this collection included design, organization, types of content, and minimal pitching – membership, revenue ads or otherwise. The spirit of these blogs ideally encompasses interesting content, images, videos and all-around fun for their respective audiences. Get inspired with a [...]
Likeable: Tourism Facebook Pages: Buffalo Niagara
Buffalo – Be the Ultimate Tourist! Buffalo Niagrara invites area residents to “like” them on Facebook by offering a tantalizing and swag-worthy contest. An alluring headline boasts “You think you have what it takes to be Buffalo’s Ultimate Tourist? 2 months, 20 attractions, 5 restaurants and 2 hotels later is how you’ll find out.” I’ll [...]
Reinventing a destination
Inspired by this article on disappearing or dying small towns around North America, I got to thinking about the myriad ways small, once vibrant towns could reinvent themselves and attract visitor dollars despite a sagging economy or bygone local industry. Repurposing Any small town could create its own tourism, regardless of attractions, theme parks, or [...]
Vermont’s best travel bloggers
There’s much to see and do around the little state of Vermont and I’ve complied a short-list of people who make planning a visit irresistible. Locals and visitors alike can find some real treasures in these blogs. Gray Cargill Gray Cargill hails from South Burlington and blogs more about her solo travels outside Vermont. But [...]
