http://aivar.ruukel.ee Ecotourism and eTourism enthusiast and practicioner Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:53:00 +0300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://aivar.ruukel.ee/2012/04/how-to-start-using-flickr-for-tourism-marketing-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Ron Mader Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:53:00 +0000 http://aivar.ruukel.ee/?p=172#comment-65 Awesome! Thanks for using my photo of Tito at the Pochimilco Market. For anyone who visits my account, you'll find about 1,000 photos of this market online which states the point that the market has a history. If you go to the market, take a photo and upload it to Flickr, you're contributing to its future. The same point could be made about any touristed place.nnI've found Flickr a great introduction to Web 2.0, aka social media. For it to be effective, one must use this on a regular basis. Travelers learn how to look for destinations, aka places and the preparation for a trip segues into sustained interest if you mark the other photographers you like as a 'contact.'nnI recommend Flickr tou00a0tourism service owners. Check out the world travel operators featured on Planeta.com as they upload their favoritesu00a0http://www.flickr.com/groups/workshop21 Awesome! Thanks for using my photo of Tito at the Pochimilco Market. For anyone who visits my account, you’ll find about 1,000 photos of this market online which states the point that the market has a history. If you go to the market, take a photo and upload it to Flickr, you’re contributing to its future. The same point could be made about any touristed place.nnI’ve found Flickr a great introduction to Web 2.0, aka social media. For it to be effective, one must use this on a regular basis. Travelers learn how to look for destinations, aka places and the preparation for a trip segues into sustained interest if you mark the other photographers you like as a ‘contact.’nnI recommend Flickr tou00a0tourism service owners. Check out the world travel operators featured on Planeta.com as they upload their favoritesu00a0http://www.flickr.com/groups/workshop21

]]> http://aivar.ruukel.ee/2012/04/3-ways-how-tourism-dmos-are-using-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Ruukel Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:07:00 +0000 http://aivar.ruukel.ee/?p=162#comment-63 Thank youu00a0@ronmader:twitteru00a0u00a0for comment! There is also some discussion withu00a0@touristinfo:twitteru00a0u00a0on same issue going on here u00a0nhttp://touristinfo.ning.com/profiles/blogs/flickr-for-tourism-marketing Thank youu00a0@ronmader:twitteru00a0u00a0for comment! There is also some discussion withu00a0@touristinfo:twitteru00a0u00a0on same issue going on here u00a0nhttp://touristinfo.ning.com/profiles/blogs/flickr-for-tourism-marketing

]]> http://aivar.ruukel.ee/2012/04/3-ways-how-tourism-dmos-are-using-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Ron Mader Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:18:00 +0000 http://aivar.ruukel.ee/?p=162#comment-61 Frankly, I don't think European tourism portals 'get' social media. Flickr is a good example of poor practices as two of the examples you mentioned have not been updated in six months.nnLast updates from Finland (Nov 8) http://www.flickr.com/photos/visitfinland ; Switzerland (Nov 2) http://www.flickr.com/photos/switzerland_tourism ; Bulgaria (Feb 9) http://www.flickr.com/photos/64068487@N04 and Austria (March 8) http://www.flickr.com/photos/austriatourismnWhat would I like to see? More integrated strategies that bolster existing events or create new ones. Why not hold local photo safaris in which locals and visitors can come together and use social media in public spaces? For more info, check out the essay on the Planeta Wikiu00a0http://planeta.wikispaces.com/photosafari Frankly, I don’t think European tourism portals ‘get’ social media. Flickr is a good example of poor practices as two of the examples you mentioned have not been updated in six months.nnLast updates from Finland (Nov http://www.flickr.com/photos/visitfinland ; Switzerland (Nov 2) http://www.flickr.com/photos/switzerland_tourism ; Bulgaria (Feb 9) http://www.flickr.com/photos/64068487@N04 and Austria (March http://www.flickr.com/photos/austriatourismnWhat would I like to see? More integrated strategies that bolster existing events or create new ones. Why not hold local photo safaris in which locals and visitors can come together and use social media in public spaces? For more info, check out the essay on the Planeta Wikiu00a0http://planeta.wikispaces.com/photosafari

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