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What is a Destination Management Organization (DMO) and Why Should Destinations Care?

Solimar International

All global destinations compete for visitors and money. They need the support of destination management organizations (DMOs) to help market, manage, succeed. DMO stands for destination management organization, though these are often referred to as destination marketing organizations. But how and why?

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What Does Destination Management Mean and Look Like in Practice?

Solimar International

Destination management is the process in which Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) work with stakeholders to increase development of the tourism sector, gain more tourists, address challenges, and bring more benefit to the local community. These downsides could pertain to environmental, economic, or social concerns.

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Sustaining the Resilience of Community-Based Tourism Initiatives in Brazil

Solimar International

Community-Based Tourism (CBT) exemplifies sustainable tourism, promoting local development through social justice, resource redistribution, sustainability, and empowerment. They identify the elements and mechanisms enabling tourism initiatives to survive months without revenue or government or NGO support.

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Sustainable Tourism in Liberia: Digital Marketing and Development

Solimar International

The government also aims to do this through digital marketing and sustainable development of their tourism sector. Another objective of the project is to develop sustainable tourism infrastructure and capacity. Additionally, it is important to involve local communities when nurturing sustainable development.

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Role of Tourism Consultants: Secret to Success

Solimar International

As they utilize their broad knowledge and expertise, these tourism consultants carve a path toward prosperity for their clients, showcasing the undeniable importance of their role in shaping and promoting sustainable travel destinations. In order to efficiently organize all these moving parts of the $1.9

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New ETC report investigates links between the changing tourism environment and NTOs work

ETC Corporate

As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with ongoing challenges posed by climate change and ensuring sustainability, tourism globally is in a critical period of transition. Challenge of sustainability and climate change. NTOs tended to experience major transformations after national policy and strategy reviews.

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Why DMOs must be about Management, not just Marketing

Solimar International

They were primarily established to promote destinations. However, with the rapid growth of tourism, the need for its sustainability and management of the sector eventually emerged. At Solimar, we have seen time and time again why the M in DMO must also be about destination management, and not just destination marketing.