The Japan Tourism Agency is seriously looking at the potential of social media to help the country’s tourism industry regain visitors after the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear issues. The agency is proposing the country offer 10,000 free round trip tickets to social media users to help promote the country as a safe and exciting holiday destination.
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We’ve put together a list of 5 tourist destinations that are using web video to boost tourism, some more successfully than others. Check them all out after the jump.
Canadian Tourism is getting social in their effort to promote Canada with interactive Twitter murals in major cities around the United States. The campaign has launched in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago and is using cool interactive, touch-screen murals to lure Americans into checking out tweets and photos related to Canada, and inspire onlookers to head to Canada for their next vacation.
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France is following in the footsteps of Blendtec’s popular ‘Will It Blend?’ with a new French tourism campaign in the Netherlands called ‘Will It Mix?’ The campaign takes a hilarious look at whether the French mix well with other cultures by blending the French icons Asterix and Obelix together with Harry Potter, Mario, Dirk Kuijt and ET. Will it mix? You’ll have to watch the video after the jump to find out.
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Following a tough year, ripe with bankruptcy and a volcanic eruption that threw worldwide travel into turmoil, Iceland is trying to rebuild their image with a new social video campaign. ‘Inspired By Iceland’ is showing the world just how inspiring Iceland can be, through video clips that show how people have been inspired by the country’s beauty and mentality.
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