"The problem with Youtube..."

Most people within the tourism industry are aware of the problems of Youtube...

You spend lots of time, lots of money and lots of effort into promoting your company or destination to be the place that tourists feel that they MUST part with their money, and then along comes someone who you may have accidentally upset once, may have wronged in some way, or someone who simply has too much time on their hands, and all of your plans are suddenly washed away...

I bring this up because while looking at Youtube today, I noticed that this is the number 1 tourism download http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY

Watch it and wonder how easily your plans could be shattered...

Barticus.

"Er, whatisthatabout???.."

First let me say that I am a HUGE Baz Luhrmann fan, but while spending a day advert spotting I have to wonder if he knew what he was doing with this one...

Given the opportunity to promote the country he knows and love, he, for me anyway, seems to kind of miss the point...

Australia, a vast and varied land with so much natural beauty adorned with a mix of vibrant peoples and cultures, at least that's how I was lucky enough to experience it. But Baz (I still love you but) instead shows us a rainy city (that could be anywhere) and a woman diving into a pool in a deserted landscape...

Was this meant to inspire people? Sorry Baz (luv ya) but I am most unimpressed...

Follow this link to see what you think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQGMuxJ0vCc

Barticus.

"Tell me a story....."

Its great to see how tourism promoters have realised the importance of social media as a method of making their product more attractive to the consumer..

In this video Nick Baker, the Marketing Executive for Tourism Australia, tells of how they are aiming at the social media sites, such as Facebook, while also turning their attention to the blogging community....

Follow this great clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxHRqiuB4EE

Barticus.