Resources tagged with tourism



Behind the Scenes: Dorset Moon – one small step to giant success

In the final of three blogs looking behind the scenes at a major project across Dorset, arts marketer, Director of storytelling agency, Storiie and AMA member Laura Mulheron takes us through the final phase of Dorset Moon featuring Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon.

Behind the Scenes: Bridging the gap between tourism and culture

Laura Mulhern, arts marketer for Dorset Moon and AMA member, takes us through how three festivals in Dorset came together for the first time to  produce a joint festival – Dorset Moon. Featuring Luke Jerram‘s internationally acclaimed Museum of the Moon a key objective of the collaboration was to bridge the gap between tourism and … Read more

Collaborative digital marketing for cultural tourism

The website creativetourist.com began as a collaborative digital marketing campaign for the Manchester Museums Consortium – nine of the large museums and galleries in Manchester city centre and The Quays. It now averages 50,000 unique hits a month from a highly engaged and loyal cultural readership, and has broadened its remit to promote cultural activities across … Read more

How Visit London can help you reach more visitors

This factsheet explains the advice and support that Visit London offers in order to reach more visitors. You’ll find links to further free online resources, information about partnership opportunities, marketing and PR campaign ideas, and details of how to get listed on the Visit London website. There’s also a handy top tips section for developing … Read more

Evidence in Making the Case for Museums, Libraries and Archives

This report highlights the evidence for the importance of museums, libraries and archives. It does so by understanding their role delivering public value. This document identifies how museums, libraries and archives have adapted to the changing demands of the public whom they serve, and have asserted themselves as providers of knowledge and inspiration. The report: Demonstrates how popular … Read more

The growth of the folk festival in cultural tourism

The folk festival scene is growing and is an essential part of the folk industry, providing performance opportunities, local employment, a market place for local products, a stimulus to local economies and audience development opportunities. This report looks at the rising impact of the folk festival on local economies and cultural tourism using research from … Read more

How to bring tourism and culture together

This case study outlines how the London Borough of Camden brings culture and tourism together. It describes how they have achieved this by co-ordinating a range of practical projects, campaigns and strategic initiatives to join up the offer between culture and the visitor economy. You’ll find tips for how your organisation can implement the learning … Read more

Developing cultural tourists and visitor destinations through collaboration

This case study describes the work of the Greenwich Maritime Marketing Group who work together collaboratively to promote their local area as a visitor destination – making best use of a shared budget to attract visitors to the area. You’ll find an explanation about how the partnership works in practice, they key objectives and marketing messages used, … Read more

Engaging with cultural tourists: a case study from Time Out

Time Out magazine positions itself as a destination ‘for intelligent, discerning consumers within a highly creative environment’. This case study demonstrates how they use their portfolio of media (magazines, website and guidebooks) to target their mantra ‘know more, do more’ at visitors who like to plan ahead and those who just ‘turn up and see’. As well as an outline of … Read more